Russ Vought, director of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, has added to the growing pile of federal projects paused during the government shutdown.
He announced on X on Oct. 17 that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “will be immediately pausing over $11 billion in lower-priority projects & considering them for cancellation, including projects in New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Baltimore.”
Vought added that the corps would soon provide additional information on the pause.
In an email to The Epoch Times, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works wrote that “because of the lapse in appropriations that provide for oversight of Army Corps projects, we believe that our office and the Corps may be unable to provide adequate oversight of all the projects currently in the portfolio, which includes projects essential to life and safety.”…
Army Corps of Engineers to Pause $11 Billion in Projects During Shutdown: Vought
