George Bush is no Scrooge - Federal Employees off on Christmas Eve...

George Bush can't be called Scrooge this year.  He just gave all non-essential Federal employees Christmas Eve off...

From the Washington Post coverage:

"President Bush Thursday issued an executive order closing the federal government on 2007 Christmas Eve, a Monday.

Federal employees are "excused from duty" that day, except for those employees who agencies determine should be at work "for reasons of national security or defense or other public need," the order says.

E-mails have whizzed across the government in recent days as employees tried to figure out whether Bush would grant them a day off on Christmas Eve, as he did in 2001, when Dec. 24 also fell on a Monday. The topic even popped up Wednesday on Federal Diary Live, a discussion session on http://washingtonpost.com.

Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon and Carter also gave employees the entire day off when Christmas Eve landed on a Monday. Ronald Reagan approved three hours of excused absence, and George Bush the Elder gave employees a half-day holiday in 1990."

Good for Bush and the Federal employees.  Is there a day on the calendar where less gets done in the workplace than Christmas Eve?

I wonder how they handle this at CTU?  Is Jack Bauer off or does he have to work?  If he has to work, does he get a comp day off when his workload slows down a bit?

George Bush can't be called Scrooge this year.  He just gave all non-essential Federal employees Christmas Eve off...

From the Washington Post coverage:

"President Bush Thursday issued an executive order closing the federal government on 2007 Christmas Eve, a Monday.

Federal employees are "excused from duty" that day, except for those employees who agencies determine should be at work "for reasons of national security or defense or other public need," the order says.

E-mails have whizzed across the government in recent days as employees tried to figure out whether Bush would grant them a day off on Christmas Eve, as he did in 2001, when Dec. 24 also fell on a Monday. The topic even popped up Wednesday on Federal Diary Live, a discussion session on http://washingtonpost.com.

Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon and Carter also gave employees the entire day off when Christmas Eve landed on a Monday. Ronald Reagan approved three hours of excused absence, and George Bush the Elder gave employees a half-day holiday in 1990."

Good for Bush and the Federal employees.  Is there a day on the calendar where less gets done in the workplace than Christmas Eve?

I wonder how they handle this at CTU?  Is Jack Bauer off or does he have to work?  If he has to work, does he get a comp day off when his workload slows down a bit?