Originally posted by Dave Kovaleski on MeetingsNet.com

Government meeting professionals are happy to be back at work after the Congress agreed to a resolution that ended the 16-day government shutdown on October 16. "Unfortunately, continued uncertainty remains for our members and this industry," said Rob Bergeron, executive director and CEO of the Society of Government Meeting Professionals.

"While SGMP's furloughed members are glad to get back to work today," said Bergeron on October 17, "we certainly recognize that this was a short-term deal and not a long-term fix." The resolution only funds the government through January 15, 2014, and raises the debt limit until February 7, 2014. "Our government and contract meeting planners who serve the federal government are eager to continue their important training mission for federal employees and to be appropriately compensated for those efforts," added Bergeron.

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