Federal Agencies Prepare for Impending Government Shutdown
TL;DR
The White House is preparing for a potential government shutdown by instructing agencies to develop mass firing plans and issue notices to employees, using the threat of permanent job cuts as leverage in the ongoing budget negotiations between Republicans and Democrats, with key programs like Social Security and military operations protected during a shutdown.
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- White House to agencies: Prepare mass firing plans for a shutdown Politico
- Days away from a government shutdown, agencies’ contingency plans still unclear Federal News Network
- As shutdown looms, federal agencies have no public plans for one Government Executive
- How federal agencies will handle a government shutdown under Trump remains to be seen CNN
- Opinion | The shutdown that no one, and everyone, wants The Washington Post
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