Lately the US crisis has caused federal workers to suffer from furloughs meaning in times of crises workers stop getting paid until the situation improves. As a result banks have stepped forward to offer loans to workers equally to their monthly pay, as long as they show their governmental ID and furlough papers, for them to cover up their bills and basic needs.
Loan amounts will consist of up to monthly payments to workers, excluding interests together with fees or taxes, lasting since October 10th till November 2nd unless the government shutdown ends before expected.
Some examples are Capital One bank which has a financial hardship program in order to waive fees out and defer payments for governmental employees. Other banks like Chase, Well Fargo, Bank of America, Citi, Discover and US bank will work in a direct case by case with customers.
The government shutdown started in Tuesday and there is an estimated 800,000 workers affected.
Regarding this issue i think given that its the government there is not much to be claimed or do, but definitely its unmoral to leave workers without pays affecting their families, which should be taken in consideration in a near future to compensate affected workers.

Reference:

http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/03/pf/banks-shutdown/index.html