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5:37Now PlayingThe longest government shutdown in US history is coming to an end, but restarting the federal bureaucracy could take days — and in some cases a week or more — before normal operations resume.
Payroll systems must be updated to pay out weeks of back wages. Backlogs of grant disbursements, loan applications and customer calls that went unanswered for 43 days — and counting — will now need to be cleared. Delayed environmental permits, workplace inspections and contracting activities have stacked up across federal agencies. Gautam Mukunda, lecturer at Yale School of Management and Bloomberg Opinion contributor joins to discuss with Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu.
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