Trump shutdown warning: Federal employees could lose jobs

"Late Wednesday, the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) which has played a key role in Trump's campaign to reduce the size of government sent a memo out to federal agencies. It instructed the departments to identify programmes, projects and activities where discretionary funding will lapse on October 1 if the US Congress does not pass legislation to keep the federal government open."

"The memo, which the White House shared with the media, told agencies to submit their proposed reduction-in-force plans to the OMB and to issue notices to employees if they are ultimately shut down. The federal government is on the brink of its 15th partial shutdown since 1981 because lawmakers have failed to agree on a plan for discretionary funding for the new fiscal year, or about one-quarter of the $7 trillion budget."

The White House Office of Management and Budget sent agencies a memo instructing them to identify programs, projects, and activities where discretionary funding will lapse on October 1 if Congress does not pass legislation to keep the federal government open. Agencies were told to submit proposed reduction-in-force plans to OMB and to issue notices to employees who would be shut down. Programs without mandatory appropriations would be most affected. The government faces a potential partial shutdown due to unresolved discretionary funding for the fiscal year, roughly one-quarter of the $7 trillion budget. The House passed a stopgap bill; Senate Democrats rejected it.

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