Very weird. WTOP locals teased that the US governemnt offices in the dc area would be closed Tuesday, but then the 10 pm CBS national news said that offices would be open. Then TOP locals afterwards came back and said closed. OPM's website says closed 1/26.
Meanwhile, I think my password expired. I was able to log on around noon, but could not get back on this afternoon or evening. I think i need to be in the office to change the password. will call tech support tomorrow.
Usually if you're connecting via VPN and cached credentials, you won't be able to update your password once it expires. You connect, get told to update it, and can't. As you surmised, you need IT to manually reset it for you.
