Federal Government in Washington DC CLOSED on Thursday (Fourth Day in a Row)
Federal Government Operating Status in the Washington, DC, Area the following message applies only to Thursday, February 11, 2010
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Select the follwing link to access e-QIP at its temporary address. Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area are CLOSED. This Means . . . Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area are closed. Nonemergency employees (including employees on pre-approved leave) will be granted excused absence for the number of hours they were scheduled to work. This does not apply to employees on leave without pay, leave without pay for military duty, workers’ compensation, suspension, or in another nonpay status. Telework employees may be expected to work from their telework sites, as specified in their telework agreements. Emergency employees are expected to report for work on time. Employees on alternative work schedules are not entitled to another AWS day off in lieu of the workday on which the agency is closed. Posted on February 10, 2010 at 6:50 PM
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While the decision to close may have been costly (financially speaking), one must consider the cost of life. Road Conditions are so awful in dc that people are risking their lives to travel a couple of blocks. If the federal government had been open, lives would have certainly been lost.