host: eric katz is a senior correspondent for senior executive and will look us through the impact of the ongoing shutdown. technically, this is a partial shutdown, explain why. the government is shutdown and appropriations did not last of there is no funding for government. but they have carved out certain exemptions and exceptions for employees that continue to work. law andbased on an old a memo from the carter administration lays out who can work and who can't. funds come from annualother than appropriations. if they are fee funded, they can work. host: what's an example? example, some operations of customs officers are funded by fees because you pay a fee every time you fly on an airplane. to paying that persons, certain persons salaries or checking passports. those employees, you pay a fee to get your passport renewed and that helps pay the salary of the employees who process those. there are also exceptions for employees who work to protect life or property, basically how they call it. anyone working national security, defense department, homeland security, justice department a