GAO recommends how agencies could operate during government shutdown

Published: July 15, 2020, 11:18 a.m.

Agencies in recent years have faced a recurring dilemma: Congress can't act on time, so there's a lapse of appropriations - a partial shutdown. Yet they have to continue to operate at some level. Sensing this could happen again, the Government Accountability Office looked at four agencies' shutdown planning and came up with some recommendations. The GAO's Director of strategic issues Jay McTigue had more details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices