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EO on Providing for Closing Executive Departments and Agencies of the Fed Government on 12-24-2020
Federal workers, you get Thursday off, the day before Christmas.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Executive Order on Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2020
Issued on: December 11, 2020
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 departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Thursday, December 24, 2020, the day before Christmas Day.
Sec. 2. The heads of executive 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 24, 2020, for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need.
Sec. 3. December 24, 2020, 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. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall take such actions as may be necessary to implement this order.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(c) 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 departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 11, 2020.
Executive Order on Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2020
Issued on: December 11, 2020
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 departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Thursday, December 24, 2020, the day before Christmas Day.
Sec. 2. The heads of executive 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 24, 2020, for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need.
Sec. 3. December 24, 2020, 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. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall take such actions as may be necessary to implement this order.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(c) 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 departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 11, 2020.
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EO on Providing for Closing Executive Departments and Agencies of the Fed Government on 12-24-2020 (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Dec 2020
OP
Geezuss! It's the official notice that fed employees get a day off on Christmas Eve.
hedda_foil
Dec 2020
#3
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. Most sane Americans knew shithole . ....
intent was to destroy the USA. shithole hates Democracy and so does his cult.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,647 posts)2. Uh, okay, but what does that have to do with this? NT
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)3. Geezuss! It's the official notice that fed employees get a day off on Christmas Eve.
Sometimes even a Trump EO is ordinary.
billh58
(6,635 posts)4. Federal contractors
are forced into taking the day off with no pay. Another bonus for Trump's corporate cronies.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)5. Fairly traditional to get the 24th off or get a half day.