Federal agencies tell staff to return to work Thursday as government reopens

Multiple federal agencies have told their employees to report to work Thursday, according to three administration officials.

Multiple federal agencies have told their employees to report to work Thursday, according to three administration officials. The directive came before President Donald Trump signed a short-term funding bill Wednesday night.

Government workers at the Health and Human Services, Justice, Interior, and Housing and Urban Development departments were all advised to come in Thursday, regardless of when the measure was signed.

One of the emails referred to the funding lapse as the “Democratic shutdown,” continuing a trend of partisan language on display from various agencies leading up to and during the government’s closure.

Trump blames Democrats after end of government shutdown04:40State Department employees also were told to return to work Thursday in an email Wednesday night that referred to passage of the short-term government funding bill, known on Capitol Hill as a continuing resolution, or CR, earlier in the evening.

“Now that a CR has been enacted, we can all continue the critical work of advancing our national interests on behalf of the American people,” an undersecretary for management at the department, Jason S. Evans, wrote in email obtained by NBC News. “We look forward to all our people returning to work expeditiously on your next scheduled workday.”