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Federal Government Closings | www.usspost.com

February 3, 2010 by · Comments Off on Federal Government Closings | www.usspost.com 

opmFederal Government Closings | www.usspost.com:Official federal government closings are ordered years before the time by Congress and the complete list of dc government closing can be found on the United States office of Personnel Movement (opm.gov). But then how do get federal government closed details when there is federal government weather closing that is closed due to weather conditions?

However, there is a option to find out such information on office of personnel management’s website opm.gov where federal employees can quickly check the status of government closing and delays. People who do not have internet access may call (202) 606-1900. One of the following statuses will be indicated:

* Open
* Open under an Unscheduled Leave Policy
* Open under a Delayed Arrival Policy
* Open under a Delayed Arrival / Unscheduled Leave Policy
* Early Dismissal Policy
* Closed

Under a delayed for arrival status, the OPM would indicate the employee about how many hours late employees may report for work.

Federal Government Closed

December 21, 2009 by · Comments Off on Federal Government Closed 

Federal Government Closed:A day after a record-setting snowstorm emptied shopping malls, transformed traffic-clogged roads into ghostly lanes and reduced the Washington region’s famous road-ragers into whimpering Sunday drivers, the area resumed a sense of normalcy — with a few exceptions that are likely to make the Monday-morning commute problematic for those who must travel.

Metro officials said that it was reopening the aboveground stations on the Red Line to Shady Grove on Sunday night and that crews planned to work all night to try to reopen the other aboveground stations by 5 a.m. The aboveground stations had been closed since Saturday afternoon because of the wintry blanket that had settled on exposed tracks and rail cars, Metro officials said.

If many stations remain closed, the impact will be alleviated somewhat by the federal government’s decision to close its agencies in the region and allow its workers to stay home. Still, the uncertainty is likely to throw off many workers’ commutes, and Metro officials offered no guidance to riders other than to check the agency’s Web site for updates.

Most school systems in Maryland and Northern Virginia announced that schools would be closed Monday. District schools are already on break.

Transportation officials in Northern Virginia, Maryland and the District said that main thoroughfares had largely been cleared but that many neighborhood streets might be blocked and that the continued frigid temperatures could make driving treacherous. A motorist was killed on Interstate 66 near Warrenton on Saturday in a crash blamed on high speeds and slick conditions.

The Baltimore Ravens home game Sunday against the Chicago Bears was moved from 1 to 4:15 p.m. to give workers more time to clear snow before fans tried to make their way to M&T Bank Stadium. The Washington Redskins announced that they would bring in 1,200 workers to remove an estimated 25 million pounds of snow from FedEx Field and its parking lots before Monday night’s 8:30 game.

At the snowstorm’s peak Saturday afternoon, flakes were falling at a rate of two inches an hour. Some areas, particularly in Southern Maryland, experienced wind gusts of up to 40 mph. The total snowfall at Reagan National Airport at 8:58 p.m. Saturday was 16.3 inches, but as much as 23 inches fell elsewhere in the region.

That would be more snow in a 24-hour period than the region typically gets in an entire winter. According to the National Weather Service, the snowstorm ranked among the biggest in local history.

At Reagan National, which reopened its runways about midday Sunday, travelers gazed at lists of canceled or delayed flights and in some cases made other plans.

Sharon Smith of Germantown gave up on a trip to see her mother in Florida after Delta Air Lines said that the soonest she could get rebooked was Wednesday. Getting home wasn’t going to be easy, either; the Metro station that serves the airport is aboveground and was closed. So Smith grabbed a spot on the floor outside the Metro station’s locked doors.

“I’m just going to wait for Metro, however long that takes,” Smith said. “This is all just ridiculous.”

Shoppers slowly returned to malls Sunday after the storm had effectively canceled the busiest shopping day of the holiday season. Most area shopping centers opened on time Sunday morning after closing early Saturday, as roads became impassable and public transportation shut down. But many shoppers were kept busy shoveling until early afternoon.

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