[Casa] Thoughts on government shutdown from Jim Fast/EICPP

[Todd Satogata]

Hi folks,

Here are some reassuring thoughts from Jim Fast to the EIC team on
the possibility of a government shutdown.

                                                 -Todd

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Todd Satogata
Director, Center for Advanced Studies of Accelerators
Jefferson Lab
12000 Jefferson Avenue
Newport News, VA 23606
Cell: (631) 807-0674
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*Sent:* Monday, September 25, 2023 11:00 AM
*Subject:* [Eicpp_personnel] Potential government shutdown

EIC Team,

I know many of you may have questions/concerns about the possibility
of a government shutdown next week.

   * DOE funds are “no year” funds so the DOE and its contractors
     (e.g. JSA/JLab) can continue to operate during a shutdown with
     funds in hand.
   * The DOE and the labs typically have funding in hand to operate for
     2-4+ weeks so short shutdowns are not an issue.
   * Travel by DOE staff is often suspended, so some meetings/reviews
     could be impacted.
   * The lab also has adequate funding to keep the lights on, security
     here etc. so we can show up to work.
   * Generally, large procurement actions would be curtailed to leave
     funds for labor.

In my 30 years around the DOE complex I have yet to see an instance
where Congress has mandated that DOE shut down operations at the
national labs, and I do not believe they would do so now. Since 1975
there have been 14 government shutdowns, so these are not that unusual
and we know how to get through them. Note that the longest government
shutdown was 34 days in 2018 (it was actually two).  More typical
shutdowns are a few days to 10 days.

While there is always the possibility that something extremely unusual
happens, if it is a “business as usual” government shutdown it will
not impact us.

Lab management and I will continue to provide any updates we have, but
in the man time please rest assured that it is extremely unlikely that
our work will be impacted in any way if a government shutdown does
happen.

Regards,
Jim
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