Editor's note: The Business Journal is providing this story to all readers as a public service as the region faces the threat of a government shutdown.
Washington is bracing for the increasing likelihood that the federal government will shut down next week, and how long a shutdown will last is anybody's guess.
There are some 370,000 thousand federal workers in the District, suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia and many of them could face furloughs or have their paychecks put on hold until…
