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A U.S. Department of Education employee leaves the building with their belongings on March 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C., amid mass layoffs. \u00a0(Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The Trump administration began posting plans over the weekend that detail how hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be furloughed during a government shutdown, while others will keep working without being paid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The updated guidance gives the clearest picture yet into how President Donald Trump and White House budget director Russ Vought hope to reduce the size and scope of government when given increased authority over the federal workforce\u00a0during a funding lapse<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A shutdown will begin Wednesday unless Republicans and Democrats in Congress reach agreement on a stopgap spending bill. Congressional leaders were set to meet Monday afternoon with Trump, but it was unclear if any agreement would result that would avert a shutdown.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Defense Department\u2019s plan<\/a> shows it would keep about 406,500 of its 741,500 civilian employees working without pay during the shutdown, with the remaining going on furlough.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The nearly 2.1 million military personnel housed within the department would continue to work throughout a shutdown but would not be paid until after it ends.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The plan says the Defense Department believes operations to secure the U.S. southern border, Middle East operations,\u00a0Golden Dome for America<\/a> defense system, depot maintenance, shipbuilding and critical munitions are the \u201chighest priorities\u201d in the event of a shutdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Medical and dental services, including private sector care under the TRICARE health care program, would largely continue at the Defense Department, though \u201c(e)lective surgery and other routine\/elective procedures in DoW medical and dental facilities are generally not excepted activities, unless the deferral or delay of such procedures would impact personnel readiness or deployability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thousands of workers to be sent home from HHS<\/h4>\n

The Health and Human Services Department\u00a0plans to furlough<\/a> about 32,500 of its nearly 80,000 employees during a shutdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The various components of HHS \u2014 including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Food and Drug Administration, and National Institutes of Health \u2014 have individual plans for a shutdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to retain 3,311, or 53%, of its employees during a shutdown and \u201cwill maintain the staff necessary to make payments to eligible states for the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).\u201d<\/p>\n

The CDC plans to have 4,891, or 35.88%, of its employees as well as those at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry keep working.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The contingency plans says that \u201c(r)esponses to urgent disease outbreaks and continuing efforts to support the President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program, the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA), and the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program\u201d would continue during a shutdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The CDC would not be able to undertake several other activities, including providing \u201cguidance to state and local health departments implementing programs to protect the public\u2019s health (e.g., opioid overdose prevention, HIV prevention, diabetes prevention).\u201d<\/p>\n

Departments with plans<\/h4>\n

Here is a list of the departments that have posted updated contingency plans in September:<\/p>\n