Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1328102-32518
Half-Day Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Tuesday, December 24, 2002
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Published
December 23, 2002
Signed
December 19, 2002
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2002)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 02-32518]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 246 / Monday, December 23, 2002 /
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The President
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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.
[FR Doc. 02-32518
Filed 12-20-02; 11:04 am]
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