Shutdown cuts White House maintenance staff to 15 -- down from 90

White House East Room/WH photo

Caitlin Dewey of The Washington Post’s “The Fix” blog has compiled 21 strange and little-noticed programs and services that are idled due to the government shutdown.

Some of this stuff is pretty serious; some is just goofy/funny.

For example, E-Verify will go offline. More than 400,000 employers use the popular system to check their employees’ immigration and eligibility status.

The U.S. Coast Guard will delay licenses for both recreational and for-profit boaters.

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement will stop monitoring  coal mines.

Here is the one that will get the Republicans buzzing:

Only 15 people will care for the White House and the Obama family, down from their usual staff of 90.