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Federal Contingency Plans

Please note that agencies' contingency plans will not be posted on Whitehouse.gov as has been done in the past. Each federal agency and department will post its specific information separately on its own website. Several are beginning to publish their contingency staffing plans. Here are those that relate to UIW, as of October 6, 2025:

Centers for Disease Control

https://www.hhs.gov/about/budget/fy-2026-cdc-contingency-staffing-plan/index.html 

Department of Defense

https://media.defense.gov/2025/Sep/27/2003809363/-1/-1/1/CONTINGENCY-PLAN-GUIDANCE-FOR-CONTINUATION-OF-OPERATIONS-IN-THE-ABSENCE-OF-APPROPRIATIONS.PDF

Department of Education

https://www.ed.gov/media/document/us-department-of-education-contingency-plan-lapse-fiscal-year-fy-2026-appropriations-112431.pdf

Department of Energy

https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2025-09/DOE%20Lapse%20Plan%20September%202025.pdf

Department of Health and Human Services

https://www.hhs.gov/about/budget/fy-2026-hhs-contingency-staffing-plan/index.html

Department of Homeland Security

https://www.dhs.gov/publication/lapse-funding-dhs

Department of Veterans Affairs

https://department.va.gov/contingency-planning/human-capital-contingency-plan/

Food and Drug Administration

https://www.hhs.gov/about/budget/fy-2026-fda-contingency-staffing-plan/index.html

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/nasa-continuity-of-appropriations-plan-final-9-29-2025.pdf?emrc=cd4554

National Institutes of Health

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-26-004.html

National Science Foundation

https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/nsf-shutdown-sept-2025.pdf?VersionId=4AvlTQz81zX0dyjyvCYU1zq19XeLhEdq

United States Department of Agriculture

https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fy2026-usda-lapse-plan.pdf

This page has been created using information provided by the Society for Research Administrators International (SRAI) and the Council on Government Relations (COGR).