How Two Agencies Handled Expired Credentials After Historic Shutdown

NextGov: Many furloughed federal employees returning from the 35-day shutdown came back to a mess—in some cases literally. And for many feds, being on hiatus due to a lapse in appropriations resulted in a lapse in their security credentials, including personal identity verification, or PIV, cards and log-in passwords.

The longest federal government shutdown in history began on Dec. 22 and lasted through Jan. 25, for a total of 35 days. During the shutdown, furloughed federal employees were not allowed to log in to their work accounts—for some triggering a reset due to inactivity—and many saw the security credentials linked to their PIV cards expire—locking them out of systems.

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