Federal workforce
December 24 and 26 closures orderedClose the offices on both sides of Christmas
The holiday calendar has received an executive extension.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / Office of Personnel Management
- Status
- December 24 and 26 closures ordered
- Due
- December 24 and December 26, 2025
- Paying for it
- Federal holiday pay and essential operations
Entered in the archive 2026-10-16.
ACTIVITY
Record datePersonnel updated the holiday calendar.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, a very generous Calendar!
Essential operations checked which employees were still required.
They get the Day before, the Day after, beautiful Holiday Sandwich..... and still somebody will say I don't care about Government Workers.
The out-of-office message now covers both sides of the holiday.
Keep the Essential People there, very important part of Essential.
PUBLIC RECORD
Executive Order 14371, signed December 18, 2025: Closed executive departments and agencies on December 24 and December 26, 2025, and excused employees from duty, while allowing agency heads to require essential operations for security, defense, or public need.