Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2019
Federal Agencies Must Close and Excuse Employees December 24
What it does
Federal agencies must close on December 24, 2019, and excuse their employees, except where heads require staff for national security, defense, or other public needs.
Real-world impact
- Most federal employees are excused from duty on December 24, 2019.
- Some offices and employees must still work for national security or defense.
- Office of Personnel Management must implement pay and leave treatment for that day.
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Summary
This order closes all executive departments and agencies and excuses their employees from duty on Tuesday, December 24, 2019, the day before Christmas Day.
Agency heads may keep certain offices or employees working on that day for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management is directed to take actions to implement the order and to treat pay and leave for that day under existing statutes.
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