What we want to do is make sure that CIOs are fully empowered to be there at the beginning of conversations, that they are part of the formulation of budget and policy from liftoff.
The White House's Office of Management and Budget upended normal shutdown planning this week when it issued a memorandum that instructed agencies to implement mass layoffs of their workforces if Congress fails to act before the deadline. Specifically, OMB said, agencies should prepare reduction-in-force notices for all employees whose work is funded directly through annual appropriations and does not align with President Trump's priorities.
