CREW and partner groups demand transparency around shutdown plans

As America faces the increasing possibility of a government shutdown, CREW, alongside Protect Democracy, Project on Government Oversight, R Street Institute, Taxpayers for Common Sense, National Taxpayers Union and Mormon Women for Ethical Government, sent an open letter to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the heads of executive departments and agencies. The letter urges each agency to ensure full transparency to American taxpayers during any impending lapse in appropriations by posting its current lapse plan to its website, to the extent it has not already, and urges OMB to resume posting agency contingency plans to its website. 

Unless Congress and the president act today, many executive branch agencies will run out of funds and become unable to keep operating, resulting in a government shutdown. Any shutdown would impose significant economic costs, erode trust in our institutions and needlessly disrupt taxpayer-funded services and operations, from mortgage processing to food and drug inspections to national park access.