will yield and accept that their position is unreasonable and reopen the government to make sure that our men and women in uniform continue to get paid. director of omb, mick mulvaney, is here to discuss the status and how it s impacted employees and we ll take a few questions. good morning or good afternoon. a couple of things. we ll walk through some of the how a lapse in inappropriations, how a shutdown works. keep in mind, the technical term, legal term is actually lapse in inappropriations. you saw the notices go out today they reference a lapse. that is the formal name for the shutdown. this morning, early this morning, federal workers got notices from various agencies as to whether they were exempt or furloughed employees. they fell into three categories, you were exempt and come to work today or monday, depending on your ordinary work schedule, you were absolutely furloughed in