State government officials are girding for the possibility of a federal government shutdown, and executive branch leaders have been instructed to summarize concerns about their ability to address payroll concerns and lay out their plans to protect Massachusetts residents and resources.

"We are asking departments for a quick turnaround, with responses to this memo due on Tuesday, September 30 by 5:00 pm.," officials in the Office of the Comptroller and the Executive Office of Administration and Finance wrote Sept. 23 in a memo to state chief fiscal officers, budget directors and general counsels.

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Thomas Smith-Vaughan, chief operating officer in the Office of the Comptroller, and Assistant Secretary for Budget Christ

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