Office of Management and Budget issues official shutdown memo

With no “clear indication” that Congress will reach an agreement on a continuing resolution to fund the government, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memo late Monday instructing executive departments and agencies to execute plans for an orderly shutdown.

BREAKING: Full OMB memo ordering the shutdown pic.twitter.com/WDUKwjrFLR

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 1, 2013

And the @CNN countdown clock was even off by 12 min. OMB memo orders #shutdown.

— Elena Schneider (@ec_schneider) October 1, 2013

Oh America – OMB has released a memo telling agencies to "now execute plans for an orderly shutdown due to the absence of appropriations"

— Peter Foster (@PeterFosterALP) October 1, 2013

Commence the shutting of the down! / “@ZekeJMiller: BREAKING: Full OMB memo ordering the shutdown pic.twitter.com/KjfuhukCgd”

— Robert Funk (@FunkofChile) October 1, 2013

Update:

https://twitter.com/erikmal/status/384887076199493634

Last chance for panda cam…the National Zoo camera is still running, but expected to shut down sometime in the morning

— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskNews) October 1, 2013