After completing a basic education, he taught school for a single year then began work as a federal employee.

In that case, a federal employee was fired for not cooperating with an internal investigation.

Nominees may include any career federal employee who has at least three but no more than fifteen years of government service.

Federal employees cannot share their health insurance with their spouses.

In the event of a shutdown, some 800,000 federal employees would be placed on unpaid leave and services would be severely disrupted.