OPM to furloughed workers: “barter” advice was a mistake due to error

OAN Newsroom
8:35 PM PT — Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018

The Office of Personnel Management apologizes after giving bizarre advice to furloughed workers.
The OPM told the Washington Post on Sunday in “inadvertently” sent a tweet last week suggesting workers “barter” with creditors during the government shutdown.
It claims it was a “Legacy Document from 2013 that was intended to provide a set of templates for workers.”
The federal government has been in a partial shutdown since Saturday, December 22nd.
The OPM says while most federal employees have yet to miss a paycheck, they recognize the fact furloughed employees are concerned about the financial implications of a shutdown.