Transportation Security Administration Recognizes Employees' Service During Federal Shutdown
The Transportation Security Administration has announced that some employees who worked through the six-week federal shutdown without pay are receiving $10,000 bonus checks. The payments are coming from carryover funds from the previous fiscal year and are intended to recognize employees who ‘went above and beyond’ during the shutdown. The Department of Homeland Security has not released a precise count of how many employees will receive the award or the full criteria used to determine eligibility. The move comes after President Donald Trump suggested that air traffic controllers who never missed a shift during the shutdown should receive bonuses, a proposal that was later endorsed by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.