The White House has moved quickly to get the US government back up and running after a 16-day shutdown, directing hundreds of thousands of workers to return to work.
White House budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell issued a directive to employees minutes after President Barack Obama signed legislation that ended the shutdown and raised the US debt ceiling.
Her message: Get back to work on the next regularly scheduled work day, which for most workers is today.
"All employees who were on furlough due to the absence of appropriations may now return to work. You should reopen offices in a prompt and orderly manner," she said.
Ms Burwell said that in the days ahead the White House would work closely with departments and agencies to make the transition back to full operating status as smooth as possible.
Congress approved an 11th-hour deal to end a partial government shutdown and pull the world's biggest economy back from the brink of a historic debt default.
Capping weeks of political brinkmanship that had unnerved global markets, President Obama quickly signed the spending measure, which passed the Senate and House of Representatives after Republicans dropped efforts to use the legislation to force changes in his signature healthcare law.
The down-to-the-wire deal, however, offers only a temporary fix and does not resolve the fundamental issues of spending and deficits that divide Republicans and Democrats.
It funds the government until 15 January and raises the debt ceiling until 7 February, so Americans face the possibility of another bitter budget fight and another government shutdown early next year.
With the deadlock broken just a day before the US Treasury said it would exhaust its ability to borrow new funds, US stocks surged yesterday, nearing an all-time high.
Share markets in Asia also welcomed the deal.
Taking the podium in the White House briefing room last night, Mr Obama said that with final congressional passage, "we can begin to lift this cloud of uncertainty and unease from our businesses and from the American people."
"Hopefully next time it won't be in the 11th hour. We've got to get out of the habit of governing by crisis," Mr Obama said.
He out manoeuvred Republicans by holding firm in defence of "Obamacare" to win agreement, with few strings attached, to end the 16-day shutdown.
The Democratic-led Senate overwhelmingly passed the measure on an 81-18 vote, and the Republican-controlled House followed suit 285 to 144. Mr Obama signed the 35-page bill just after midnight local time.
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said "the global economy dodged a potential catastrophe" with congressional approval of the deal to raise the $16.7 trillion US debt ceiling.
The standoff between Republicans and the White House over funding the government forced the temporary lay-off of hundreds of thousands of federal workers from 1 October.
While essential functions such as defence and air traffic control continued during the crisis, national parks and agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency have been largely closed.
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