Gov Shutdown- Is The SES Deep State On Leave ?? Went looking as I normally do at latest DOJ news from https://www.justice.gov/news and was greeted with this: Due to the lapse in appropriations, Department of Justice websites will not be regularly updated. The Department’s essential law enforcement and national security functions will continue. Please refer to the Department of Justice’s contingency plan for more information. It got me wondering about the status of SES employees, is the deep state on furlough? Former career Senior Executive Service (SES) appointees who receive a Presidential appointment that would normally convey an exemption from the leave system may be eligible to elect to retain SES leave benefits under 5 U.S.C. § 3392(c). If SES leave benefits are so elected, such a Presidential Appointee would be subject to furlough under 5 CFR part 359, subpart H, unless otherwise excepted. Presidential Appointees, most of whom are excepted from furlough because they are not covered by the leave system in 5 U.S.C. Chapter 63. This does not include non-career SES and Schedule C employees. If so, this is a great news... You can read about SES deepstate @ https://americans4innovation.blogspot.com/2018/03/obama-hired-them-trump-cannot-fire-them.html All the agency shutdown contingency plans are located @ https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-for-agencies/agency-contingency-plans/