Thank you President Bush!!

For Immediate Release

December 12, 2008

EXECUTIVE ORDER

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CLOSING OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2008

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

Friday, December 26, 2008, the day after 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 26, 2008, for reasons of national security or defense or

other public need.

Sec. 3. Friday, December 26, 2008, 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. 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 agencies, instrumentalities, or

entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 12, 2008.