[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2002)]
[Presidential Documents]
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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
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