Executive Order: Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Friday, December 26, 2008
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. All executive branch departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Friday, December 26, 2008, the day after Christmas Day, except as provided in section 2 of this order.
Sec. 2. The heads of executive branch departments and agencies may determine that certain offices and installations of their organizations, or parts thereof, must remain open and that certain employees must report for duty on December 26, 2008, for reasons of national security or defense or other public need.
Sec. 3. Friday, December 26, 2008, shall be considered as falling within the scope of Executive Order 11582 of February 11, 1971, and of 5 U.S.C. 5546 and 6103(b) and other similar statutes insofar as they relate to the pay and leave of employees of the United States.
Sec. 4. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, by any party against the United States, its agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 12, 2008.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
I Love the President
Wow, did I really say that? And I at lest like him a little more than the Iraqi journalist he encountered this past Sunday. But he has been very good to us federal workers of late:
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As long as you know that it's not personal, BA, it's strictly business. It's a cost saving measure. But, who cares? You get a day off.
(I expect there might be some disappointed researchers, though, at the doors of the National Archives on the 26th. Oh well. You can't please everyone, can you?)
One day? Our president gave us six!
Ditto, Anna. I get to spend the final week of 2008 watching the snow pile up around our apartment. (Kind of like the other 51 weeks...)
After tomorrow, I'm on vacation until January 5. If I were going somewhere interesting, it might be awesome. (Why did my sister have to move back to Ohio?!)
Ew. I'm still stuck on "I love the President." Ew.
Just. Ew.
Anon (although you have owned up to me) - I'm aware it's business, but it's still nice.
Anna - yes, I long for the days of academia, when I used to have the same schedule.
AT - just talked to my brother in Lewiston, he's planning for storm #3 tomorrow.
Amy - Ah, Christmas in Ohio. What could be better. Well, probably a lot of places, but home is where you make it.
Prickly - It's a business kind of love.
So now we celebrate Boxing Day, too. I feel like I'm back in Canada!
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