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US Department of Agriculture Shutdown Contingency Plans

In the event of a Government shutdown, USDA has been actively developing plans for shutdown procedures. We will be posting Agency shutdown procedures and contingency plans as they become available. Choose from the following list below to read the plans these Agencies have put in place.

You can also find more resources from the following links:

OMB Guidance - Anticipated Enactment of a Continuing Resolution

Employee Q&As for Shutdown

Office of Personnel Management

Office of Management and Budget

USDA's "Be Prepared" Employee Information Center


Note - All plans are in Adobe PDF format.

Office of the Secretary (OSEC)

Office of General Counsel (OGC)

Office of General Counsel (OGC) (Text/RTF Version)

Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Office of the Chief Economist (OCE), Office of Communications (OC), and the National Appeals Division (NAD).

Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Office of the Chief Economist (OCE), Office of Communications (OC), and the National Appeals Division (NAD). (TXT Version)

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Departmental Management (DM)

Farm Service Agency (FSA)

Farm Service Agency IT Plan (FSA)

Farm Service Agency Appendix A (FSA)

Farm Service Agency Appendix B (FSA)

Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services (FNCS)

Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Summary of Activities (FNCS)

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)

Forest Service (FS)

Forest Service Summary of Activities (FS)

Forest Service Direction for Operations of Recreation, Permits, and Timber Sale Contracts (FS)

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Natural Resources Conservation Service Summary of Activities (NRCS)

Research, Education and Economics (REE)

Research, Education and Economics Summary of Activities (REE)

Risk Management Agency (RMA)

Risk Management Agency Summary of Activities (RMA)

Rural Development (RD)

Rural Development Summary of Activities (RD)