Shutdown also disrupts U.S. science agencies that aren’t closed - Science

Many U.S. government scientists and federally funded researchers breathed a sigh of relief last month, after the partial shutdown of the U.S. government began. That’s because the budget impasse between Congress and President Donald Trump didn’t affect some of the largest federal research agencies, including the $39 billion National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the $35.6 billion Department of Energy (DOE). Their spending had already been approved. This week, however, it became clear that the shutdown is hampering even agencies that are open—sometimes in unexpected ways. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/surprise-shutdown-also-disrupting-us-science-agencies-aren-t-closed?et_rid=508865405&et_cid=2615989