All executive 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 Christmas Eve, December 24, 1990.
Executive Order 12739—Half-Day Closing of Government Departments and Agencies on Monday, December 24, 1990
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