Already countered by POTUS, FED Agencies etc. will be closed on Dec. 5 for honorarium.
What do you think about this? Is it closing just the Executive branch, or all Fed Gov? And is this SOP for a deceased president? I hope others have thoughts because I have no clue.
From my reading of POTUS’ Executive Order today, just Executive branch offices and agencies are closed, not the whole shebang. My comment about it had a link to the EO, I could neither copy the image nor was there a link to it, but I can find a link.
Aha, here is the EO - ACK!!! It is not the order closing the Executive branch, it’s just about flag half mast, what a great guy HWB was, etcetc.
Presidential Proclamation Announcing the Death of George H.W. Bush
Issued on: December 1, 2018
Okay, searched more, here is an article about a proclamation closing the Executive branch and agencies, yet article states this is an Executive Order:
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/u-s-world/executive-order-closes-government-on-december-5-2018/1632665690
Executive order closes Government on December 5, 2018
Washington, DC (WCMH) - President Trump has issued a proclamation for the closing of executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government on December 5, 2018, in honor of George H.W. Bush.
The proclamation reads:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed on December 5, 2018, as a mark of respect for George Herbert Walker Bush, the forty-first President of the United States.
Sec. 2. The heads of executive departments and agencies may determine that certain offices and installations of their organizations, or parts thereof, must remain open and that certain employees must report for duty on December 5, 2018, for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need.
Sec. 3. December 5, 2018, shall be considered as falling within the scope of Executive Order 11582 of February 11, 1971, and of 5 U.S.C. 5546 and 6103(b) and other similar statutes insofar as they relate to the pay and leave of employees of the United States.
Sec. 4. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall take such actions as may be necessary to implement this order.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 1, 2018.