The White House Office of Management and Budget has sent the Defense Department and other federal agencies guidance for a possible government shutdown on Oct. 1, threatening the mass layoff of federal employees. As lawmakers remain gridlocked over spending and potential cuts to healthcare, it's unclear how DOD would be impacted by the shutdown or the “reduction in force” guidance laid out in a new OMB memo distributed across the federal government . However, OMB states agencies that received budget...
