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Afternoon Poll: What Are Federal Workers Doing To Pass The Time?

By WTOP Staff

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (file photo)There are an estimated 70,000 federal government employees in Montgomery County and two major federal employers in Bethesda.

If you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of federal government employees who have been furloughed since the government shutdown last week, we want to know what you’re up to.

Whether you work at NIH, NSAB, Walter Reed or in another agency, how has the shutdown affected you?

What are you doing to pass the time today? Feel free to leave comments about what you have been doing during the now weeklong shutdown.

Emergency guide: What you should do to prepare for emergencies

By WTOP Staff
WASHINGTON — Do you know what you'd do if an emergency hits? What if you're at work, your spouse is stuck in traffic and your children are in school? There's no way to plan for every emergency, but you can make sure you're prepared for different scenarios, including making a plan for your family and building a kit of emergency supplies.
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