Half-Day Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Tuesday, December 24, 2002
Signed December 19, 2002·George W. Bush·67 FR 78319
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Directs executive branch departments and agencies to close for the second half of the scheduled workday on Tuesday, December 24, 2002, excusing employees from duty for that period. Allows heads of departments and agencies to keep certain offices, installations, or employees on full-day duty if needed for national security, defense, or other public reasons. Specifies that this half-day falls under the pay and leave provisions of Executive Order 11582 and related statutes, meaning employees will be treated as if they worked a full day for pay and leave purposes.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered
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Executive Order 13281 of December 19, 2002
Half-Day Closing of Executive Departments and
Agencies of the Federal Government on Tuesday, December
24, 2002
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 for the last half of
the scheduled workday on Tuesday, December 24, 2002,
the day before Christmas Day, except as provided in
section 2 below.
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 for the full scheduled workday on December 24,
2002, for reasons of national security or defense or
other public reasons.
Sec. 3. Tuesday, December 24, 2002, 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.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 19, 2002.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed December 19, 2002. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.