I was able to file Monday over the telephone; however, the check for last week still has not been recieved. I have the payment direct deposited and it always happened on Wednesdays until this week. I called several times today (Friday) for help but was put on hold for over 30 minutes each time or transferred around to various voice-mail boxes. Of course, the government "workers" were all gone at 4:30. Wow, what a job! Before I was laid off as an engineer at BellSouth, I routinely worked 10-12 hours per day with no overtime. I have never me a government worker who worked like that.