AP
February 27, 2015
The
Obama administration is circulating procedures for how the Department
of Homeland Security will operate in the event of a midnight shutdown.
The
46-page document outlines what is exempt from the shutdown, including
airport security checkpoints, Secret Service activities and border
patrols. But employees involved
in planning, auditing, training and other policy functions would be
furloughed.
Employees who keep working during a shutdown would not be paid until Congress approves additional funding.
Hours
before the midnight deadline, the Republican-controlled House
unexpectedly rejected short-term funding for DHS. The vote's failure
increases the prospect of a partial
shutdown of an agency with major anti-terrorism responsibilities.
The
administration guidance says the government will wait until the last
minute to notify employees of furloughs and that workers will be
allotted four hours to ramp down
their activities.
Employees
put on furlough will be prohibited from using their government-issued
mobile devices, other than to read and respond to notices about their
furlough status,
according to the guidance.
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