News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany Service Credit Union credited direct deposit for more than 1,400 Department of Defense government civilian employee members affected by the government shutdown, which includes crediting full or partial pay.
President Barack Obama signed legislation late Wednesday bringing federal employees back to work after Congress finally resolved the budget logjam that led to a 16-day shutdown.
The MHS leadership — composed of the assistant secretary of defense for Health Affairs, the director of the Defense Health Agency and the surgeons general of the military departments — are closely monitoring the situation regarding a possible government shutdown on the health services provided to our 9.6 million beneficiaries.
Although Defense Department officials believe a government shutdown can be avoided when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1, they want DOD employees to be prepared for the possibility, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a memo issued to the workforce Monday.
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