A potential government shutdown is only a few hours away. But your agency may find it harder to start the government up once Congress makes a deal than to shut it down now. Sally Katzen, senior advisor at the Podesta Group, was administrator for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at OMB during the 1995-96 shutdown and later served as deputy director for management.

Your agency’s chief information security officer has a problem that might not have a solution. The online ecosystem of apps and mobile devices is creating a perfect storm of incoming threats and financial challenges. Hord Tipton, executive director of the information security non-profit (ISC)², is the former chief information officer of the Interior Department.

Your agency’s website may be on the shutdown list along with some of your employees. Agencies are preparing to take websites and IT systems offline if the government shuts down. New guidance from the Office of Management and Budget and the General Services lays out those steps. Federal News Radio’s executive editor Jason Miller is here to tell us what the guidance says.

The Homeland Security Department’s preparations for shutdown are posted now on Federal News Radio along with the plans for every other federal agency. But DHS may be in worse shape than other agencies. Many executive leadership jobs at the top of the agency are empty or occupied by acting officials. Paul Druckman, chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association’s Homeland Security Division, says job openings at DHS on the eve of a possible shutdown make a bad situation even worse.

Measuring risk helps the Homeland Security Department make decisions to deploy its security resources to secure the country’s supply chain. But some agencies at DHS aren’t getting the