I don't think the few gov workers who were furloughed made much difference in the search effort. they probably are not going to have all that much to do with the actual searching anyway.

there has been a very concerted effort by the administration to make the so called shutdown as painful as possible. it has not been especially effective as most of what has been "shutdown" just does not effect all that many people real directly. even those who are furloughed are going to be paid for the time they are not working.

I think this story is mostly spin.