many agencies are already funded, the military is safe, but a quarter of the government is vulnerable, like agriculture, commerce, justice department, homeland security, housing, interior development, transportation and the treasury. the office of personnel management has advice on how to deal with their precare yours situations. they suggest federal employees should offer to perform chores in exchange for rent payments. one example, a sample letter to a landlord that reads in part i would like to discuss with you a possibility of trading my services to perform maintenance, painting, carpentry work, in exchange for partial rent payments. the effects are already stretching into space. nasa s new horizon probe is on target for a new year s