WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House budget office is instructing federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans for mass firings during a possible U.S. government shutdown, Politico reported on Wednesday.

The Office of Management and Budget is set to send a memo to federal agencies on Wednesday night to prepare to permanently reduce government workforce if there is a shutdown, according to Politico.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Jasper Ward)

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