From the document: "OMB [Office of Management and Budget] has developed the checklist below for agency consideration in order to facilitate orderly Government startup of programs and activities affected by the lapse in appropriations. The items in the checklist are high priority issues that agencies should consider in planning for orderly startup. This list is not an exhaustive list nor is it intended to be a directive. Agencies should take any additional considerations into account that are necessary to prepare for an orderly and efficient government startup. Activities necessary to orderly startup of the government are excepted, as are orderly shutdown activities, because orderly startup activities are necessarily implied activities under the Antideficency Act. After the President signs an appropriations bill, OMB will issue a memorandum notifying agencies when the lapse in appropriations has ended and when agencies can begin implementing their plans to orderly resume activities."