Half-Day Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Thursday, December 24, 1998
Headline: Federal Agencies Ordered Closed for Half Day on December 24
What it does: Federal agencies must close for the last half of the workday on December 24, 1998, except where heads keep staff working for security or essential reasons.
- Federal employees excused from duty for the last half of December 24.
- Some offices will stay open and employees must work for security reasons.
- Pay and leave for affected employees governed by existing federal statutes.
Summary
This order closes all executive departments and agencies for the last half of the scheduled workday on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1998, and employees are excused from duty during that time.
Agency heads may keep offices or parts of agencies open and require certain employees to work for national security or other essential public reasons. Pay and leave for affected employees will be handled under existing federal statutes. The order applies only to federal executive departments and agencies, not to state or local governments.
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