The Trump administration is instructing federal agencies to prepare for mass layoffs in the event of a government shutdown on October 1, according to a report.
A Wednesday evening memo from the Office of Management and Budget, obtained by Politico, directed agencies to consider reductions in force if a shutdown occurs. The agencies, according to the memo, should consider reductions in employees in programs that don’t have another source of funding, and are “not consistent with the President’s priorities.”
