The Federal Communications Commission will cease most of its operations by midday Thursday if the government shutdown does not end first, the FCC said in a statement published to its website on New Year’s Eve.

“In the event of a continued partial lapse in federal government funding, the Federal Communications Commission will suspend most operations in the middle of the day on Thursday, January 3. At that time, employees will have up to four hours to complete an orderly shutdown of operations,” the FCC said in a statement.