U.S. Office of Personnel Management - Ensuring the Federal Government has an effective civilian workforce

2009 Federal Holidays

NOTE: Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009, falls on a Tuesday. An employee who works in the District of Columbia, Montgomery or Prince George's Counties in Maryland, Arlington or Fairfax Counties in Virginia, or the cities of Alexandria or Fairfax in Virginia, and who is regularly scheduled to perform non-overtime work on Inauguration Day, is entitled to a holiday. There is no in-lieu-of holiday for employees who are not regularly scheduled to work on Inauguration Day.

* This holiday is designated as "Washington's Birthday" in section 6103(a) of title 5 of the United States Code, which is the law that specifies holidays for Federal employees. Though other institutions such as state and local governments and private businesses may use other names, it isour policy to always refer to holidays by the names designated in the law.

** July 4, 2009 (the legal public holiday for Independence Day) falls on a Saturday. For most Federal employees, Friday, July 3, 2009, will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes. (See 5 U.S.C. 6103(b).)