
As the government funding deadline looms and the House is out Monday and Tuesday, government agencies, including the DoE and its semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration, are preparing for the possibility of a shutdown. A National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) spokesperson told sister publication The Exchange Monitor Monday that the agency does not have a publicly available contingency plan published online at this time. However, DoE’s document “Operating in the event of a lapse in appropriations,” last updated in December…