Dear CIRES Colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once again, we are approaching a critical time by which Congress must take action to avert a partial government shutdown that would go into effect Friday at midnight. At this point, a shutdown does not seem likely, but given the possibility, I wanted to send this guidance now, so you can plan accordingly, just in case. I plan to send an update when available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For now, my overall request is the same as what you heard from me earlier this year<\/a>: If the government shuts down, please do not report to work at a federal facility, and please take no action that would result in new federal government expenditures. You are a university employee, and it is our expectation that you will continue to work and continue to be paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During a shutdown, CIRES employees MAY: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n During a shutdown, CIRES employees may NOT: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You should not expect that federal computers, servers, and other systems would be maintained during the shutdown: If a government system goes down, it may not come back until federal work resumes. For this reason, please ensure you can readily access your @colorado.edu email. We have posted directions to check your mailbox through Office365 here<\/a>, and for turning off any colorado.edu redirect (eg, to your noaa.gov account), here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since entry to federal facilities would be tightly restricted (check DSRC site status here<\/a>), you would need to find other places to work. Consider working from home or from a library or coffee shop. We have identified a limited number of open desks and conference rooms; please contact our Front Office<\/a>, 303-492-1143, about availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, it is possible that you and I will receive federal guidance that is contradictory to the information above. In this case, please follow federal guidance<\/strong> but also inform Lornay Hansen<\/a> or the Front Office<\/a> of any discrepancy or confusion. Thank you. I sincerely hope you will be able to delete this email soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sincerely, Dear CIRES Colleagues, Once again, we are approaching a critical time by which Congress must take action to avert a partial government shutdown that would go into effect Friday at midnight. At this point, a shutdown does not seem likely, but given the possibility, I wanted to send this guidance now, so you can plan… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shutdown","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-06 11:41:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Waleed Abdalati
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