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California Public Employees Retirement System Board Member George Diehr, left, confers with board Vice President Priya Mathur during a meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. The board of the nations largest public pension is expected to vote, Tuesday, on how California cities and government agencies should absorb the mounting costs of retirees living longer. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Terrence McGuire, who is a proxy for California Public Employees Retirement System Board Member, State Controller John Chiang, talks with board member Richard Costigan, during a meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. The board of the nations largest public pension agreed to Gov. Jerry Brown's request to accelerate the state's payments starting this summer, but cities counties and school districts' rates won't change until 2016. The board approved new assumptions for its pension system effectively increasing contribution rates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Between snow days, official holidays and the government shutdown, federal employees have worked a normal business day less than 75 percent of the time since Oct. 1, marking a startlingly chaotic beginning to the fiscal year.
