The White House Office of Management and Budget said that it's "making every preparation to batten down the hatches and ride out the Democrats' intransigence."
A draft White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't automatically entitled to back pay, and that Congress may have to pass a law to grant it to them.
Scott Kupor, a former a16z investor who now heads the Office of Personnel Management, says he wants to see more "connectivity between the public and private sector."
