Originally Posted by You want to go where?

The 14% furlough refers to employees who are not excepted. This does not include TSA/Border officials.

Unlike the sequestration which dealt solely with budget, the shutdown does discriminate between job types. So, if your job type is not excepted, you go home, no matter how many there are in your department. The exceptions tend to include people involved in immediate safety and security jobs, so the TSA, FAA, Immigration, etc. continue to work. In some government agencies, like NASA, virtually the entire agency is shut down, with only a skeleton crew staying on. Other agencies like Homeland Security have most of their staff working. Other exceptions include staff who care for animals at the National Zoo (although the Zoo itself is closed) and staff who are funded by fees and non-tax revenue, such as the Postal Service, visa services, and the Kennedy Center.