The Self-Inflicted Wounds of Bare-Knuckle Governing
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3075539/posts
“The answer came in a memo from White House Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell providing guidance to federal agencies and departments. Aside from prefacing this Sept. 17 memo with a political talking point (Congress is to blame, not the administration), she instructs agency heads not to consider whether the cost of shutting down a government website is more expensive than keeping it running. “
I wish someone could find and post this entire memo.
QS: What if the cost of shutting down a website exceeds the cost of maintaining services?
AS: The determination of which services continue during an appropriations lapse is not affected by whether the costs of shutdown exceed the costs of maintaining services.
From:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2013/m-13-22.pdf