The Defense Department will carry on with activities to develop the fiscal year 2027 budget request in the background of the federal government shutdown, a Pentagon official told Inside Defense . The lapse in government appropriations comes after a deadlocked Congress failed to reach an agreement on FY-26 funding before the clock struck midnight last night. Activities related to FY-27 budget development are considered “excepted,” the DOD official said, adding “some civilians could be excepted to work on excepted activities...
