“The White House budget office is instructing federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown, specifically targeting employees who work for programs that are not legally required to continue,” writes Politico’s Sophia Cai.
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As with everything else where Mr. Trump is concerned, this is not your father’s government shutdown threat.
The Office of Management and Budget move to permanently reduce the government workforce if there is a shutdown, outlined in a memo shared with POLITICO ahead of release to agencies tonight, escalates the stakes of a potential shutdown next week.
That gives them a bit over four days to work this out.
In the memo, OMB told agencies to identify programs, projects and activities where discretionary funding will lapse Oct.
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