At the Labor Department, spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander said 437 employees out of about 16, 500 were furloughed.
Here is what this means -- thousands of FAA workers being furloughed, including safety inspectors.
Furloughed workers could include office staff, aircraft and ship maintenance workers, teachers and medical staff.
Does the White House have any estimate about White House jobs that may be lost or furloughed?
Furloughed employees, who conceivably could be reemployed, should notify their employers if they are called into service.
In addition, over 4, 000 of our professionals in the Department of Transportation will be immediately furloughed without pay.
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And Transport Secretary Ray LaHood suggested air traffic controllers would be furloughed while air travel could face delays.
With some 15, 000 controllers furloughed as government spending cuts hit, some flight delays are being seen at NYC airports.
"With officers laid off and furloughed, simply calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option, " he adds.
Most of the 30 refuge employees were furloughed, canceling the usual school tours.
Two-hundred Mississippi social workers could be furloughed next week, if the shutdown continues.
They furloughed over 500 more just on the 14th, so there's many, many of us now on the unemployment rolls.
The Interior Department said more than 13, 000 people were being furloughed, including all 767 employees of the U.S. Park Police.
She said they get to bargain with federal agencies on issues such as how the furloughed days will be spread out.
The people that have been furloughed, the 4, 000 people, are people who are working on next-generation technology research and things like that.
No employees will report to work (they are furloughed without pay) so that means no answers to your phone calls or correspondences.
Seeing a park ranger on the nightly news struggling to feed his family while furloughed during a budget impasse makes powerful theater.
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If that bill expires, over 4, 000 workers will be furloughed without pay.
Their speeches ring very hollow to 4, 000 FAA employees who are furloughed.
Job losses resulting from these cuts, furloughed government employees, and less money in our pockets due to tax increases, further validate these stressors.
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The agency says it has dealt with the federal government's across-the-board sequestration budget cuts by reducing scheduled overtime and it hasn't furloughed any screeners.
Flight attendants and pilots are expected to be furloughed as well.
In Oklahoma, state officials said hundreds of employees of the Department of Rehabilitation Services could be furloughed soon, because of a shutdown of federal funding.
The number includes 4, 500 new employees and 1, 000 recalled furloughed employees.
Because agencies are strictly prohibited from using a curve to distribute the highest ratings, the best are being furloughed at the same rate as the burn-outs.
In fact, just last month, with the Federal Aviation Administration authorization up for extension, Congress let authority for this important agency lapse and thousands were furloughed.
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The layoff of five gravediggers at the Arsenal Island National Cemetery, near Rock Island, Illinois, has placed a bigger burden on the three diggers not furloughed.
Its offices were closed with more than 90, 000 employees furloughed on Friday, one of five days the agency plans to shut down this year to save money.
And while the number of strikes in Pennsylvania fell in 2007-2008, the time kids were furloughed during each strike rose to an average of almost 13 days.
In the event of a shutdown, some 800, 000 federal workers would be furloughed, while those required for the delivery of essential services would remain on the job.
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