In Depth Show Blog – September 18, 2013

Shutdown guidance from OMB is out today. The details include information on what you can and can’t do if your agency is closed. And it looks more likely all the time like you might have to use that guidance.

The Navy’s rapid response team is helping the employees, contractors and families Monday’s shootings at the Navy Yard affected. Uniformed, civilian and contract workers can find help through a wide range of services. Ed Cannon is the Navy’s director of fleet and family readiness program. He tells Executive Editor Jason Miller about the services available for the entire Navy family.

New guidance from the Office of Management and Budget tells you what your agency must do and should do to prepare for a shutdown. Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey watches what’s going on in Congress and he says the latest events remind him of the words of a famous cartoon squirrel.

Monday’s shooting at the Washington Navy Yard bore a tragic resemblance to the 2009 rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. In both cases 13 people died when an insider with access to the base fired shots at colleagues. But Defense officials say lessons learned from four years ago may have prevented an even worse outcome at the Navy Yard.