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> FOR ALL OF US GUBBA MENT WORKERS READ BELOW!!!!!!!
> THIS IS NOT FAKE!!!!
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> THE WHITE HOUSE
> Office of the Press Secretary
> For Immediate Release December 21, 2012
> EXECUTIVE ORDER
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> CLOSING OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES OF
> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 24,
> 2012
> 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 on Monday,
> December 24, 2012, the day before Christmas Day,
> except as provided in section 2 of this order.
> 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 on December 24,
> 2012, for reasons of national security, defense,
> or other public need.
> Sec. 3. Monday, December 24, 2012, 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.
> Sec. 4. The Director of the Office of Personnel
> Management shall take such actions as may be
> necessary to implement this order.
> Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) This order shall
> be implemented consistent with applicable law and
> subject to the availability of appropriations.
> (b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to
> impair or otherwise affect:
> (i) the authority granted by law to an executive
> department or agency, or the head thereof; or
> (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office
> of Management and Budget relating to budgetary,
> administrative, or legislative proposals.
> (c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
> create any right or benefit, substantive or
> procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
> party against the United States, its departments,
> agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
> agents, or any other person.
> BARACK OBAMA
> THE WHITE HOUSE,
> December 21, 2012.
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