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The registerExecutive Order 13068
E.O.13068

Closing of Government Departments and Agencies on Friday, December 26, 1997

Signed November 25, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 63247

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Closes all executive branch departments and agencies on Friday, December 26, 1997, the day after Christmas, and excuses federal employees from duty. Allows agency heads to require certain offices, installations, or employees to remain open or report for duty if needed for national security, defense, or other public reasons. Specifies that this day is treated as a holiday under Executive Order 11582 and related federal pay and leave laws, meaning it is handled the same way as other federal holidays for purposes of employee compensation and leave.

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By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered

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Executive Order 13068 of November 25, 1997

Closing of Government Departments and Agencies on
Friday, December 26, 1997

By the authority vested in me as President of the
United States of America, it is hereby ordered as
follows:

Section 1. All executive departments and agencies shall
be closed and their employees excused from duty on
Friday, December 26, 1997, the day following Christmas
Day, except as provided in section 2 below.

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 26, 1997, for reasons of national security or
defense or for other public reasons.

Sec. 3. Friday, December 26, 1997, shall be considered
as falling within the scope of Executive Order 11582
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.

    (Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

     November 25, 1997.

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