Washington, D.C. 20530

December 29, 2007

MEMORANDUM FOR BUREAU HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICERS

In remembrance our 38th President of the United States, President Gerald R. Ford, President George W. Bush has issued an Executive Order to close Federal offices and excuse all Federal employees from duty for the scheduled workday on Tuesday, January 2, 2007, except those who, in the judgment of the head of the agency, cannot be excused for reasons of national security, defense, or other essential public business.

In terms of pay and leave administration, this period of time will be treated as falling within the scope of statutes and Executive orders governing holidays. Most employees who are excused from duty as a result of the President's Executive order will receive the basic pay they would have received if no Executive order had been issued. An employee who was previously scheduled to take annual leave on January 2, 2007, will not be charged annual leave (or any other form of paid leave, compensatory time off, or credit hours) for that day.

For employees who have scheduled use or lose annual leave for January 2, 2007, they may reschedule this leave for use before the end of the leave year (for Department of Justice employees, the date is January 6, 2007). However, if an employee is unable to reschedule by this date, leave will be forfeited.

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On seldom occasions, such as this, Federal employees experience multiple holidays within the same pay period (Christmas Day, Monday, December 25, 2006, New Year's Day, Monday, January 1, 2007 and National Day of Mourning for President Gerald R. Ford, Tuesday, January 2, 2007). Therefore, the Office of Personnel has issued the attached memorandum and has provided the listed sites below on how to handle pay and leave administration, particularly, for employees who are on flexible work schedules and compressed work schedules:

• http://www.opm.gov/oca/compmemo/2006/2006-14.asp



• http://www.opm.gov/oca/worksch/HTML/HOLIDAY.asp



• http://www.opm.gov/oca/worksch/HTML/AWScws.asp



• http://www.opm.gov/oca/worksch/HTML/awsfws.asp

If members of your staff have questions pertaining to the application of the rules and regulations for this pay period, please do not hesitate to contact Denise Corbitt on (202) 353-7786, or by e-mail at Denise.V.Corbitt@usdoj.gov or Rachel Villare on (202) 616-3707, or by e-mail at Rachel.Villare@usdoj.gov.

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