Agencies release plans for government shutdown
Though the likelihood appears remote, agencies have moved ahead and released contingency plans just in case the government shuts down.
Although the speculation is that Speaker John Boehner’s resignation Friday would clear the way for at least a temporary budget resolution, government agencies are moving ahead with contingency plans in case the worst happens.
Many of the plans follow the framework agencies employed in 2013 when much of the government shut down for 13 days.
The agency plans are posted on the Office of Management and Budget website.
While Boehner has said he wants to push through a complete budget before he leaves at the end of October, that likelihood is remote.
The expected outcome is a continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December. If that happens, both parties will continue to argue about the abortion rights and the balance between defense and civilian spending.
To find your customer’s contingency plan, use one of the links below.
- Office of the Secretary (September 25, 2015)
- Agricultural Marketing Service (September 25, 2015)
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (September 25, 2015)
- Departmental Management (September 25, 2015)
- Farm Service Agency (September 25, 2015)
- Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services (September 25, 2015)
- Food Safety and Inspection Services (September 25, 2015)
- Foreign Agricultural Service (September 25, 2015)
- U.S. Forest Service (September 25, 2015)
- Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (September 25, 2015)
- National Appeals Division (September 25, 2015)
- Natural Resources Conservation Service (September 25, 2015)
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (September 25, 2015)
- Office of Budget and Program Analysis (September 25, 2015)
- Office of the Chief Economist (September 25, 2015)
- Office of the Chief Financial Officer (September 25, 2015)
- Office of Communications (September 25, 2015)
- Office of Ethics (September 25, 2015)
- Office of the General Counsel (September 25, 2015)
- Office of Inspector General (September 25, 2015)
- Research, Education and Economics (September 27, 2015)
- Risk Management Agency (September 25, 2015)
- Rural Development (September 25, 2015)
- Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs (September 25, 2015)
- Bureau of Indian Affairs (September 25, 2015)
- Bureau of Indian Education (September 25, 2015)
- Bureau of Land Management (September 25, 2015)
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (September 25, 2015)
- Bureau of Reclamation (September 25, 2015)
- Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (September 25, 2015)
- Fish and Wildlife Service (September 25, 2015)
- National Park Service (September 25, 2015)
- Office of Insular Affairs (September 25, 2015)
- Office of the Inspector General (September 25, 2015)
- Office of the Secretary (September 25, 2015)
- Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (September 25, 2015)
- Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians (September 25, 2015)
- Solicitor's Office (September 25, 2015)
- U.S. Geological Survey (September 25, 2015)
- Office of the Inspector General (September 25, 2015)