2009 Federal Holidays:
Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes the following public holidays for Federal employees. Please note that most Federal employees work on a Monday through Friday schedule. For these employees, when a holiday falls on a nonworkday -- Saturday or Sunday -- the holiday usually is observed on Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday) or Friday (if the holiday falls on Saturday).
Thursday, January 1
New Year’s Day
Monday, January 19
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, February 16
Washington’s Birthday
Monday, May 25
Memorial Day
Friday, July 3*
Independence Day
Monday, September 7
Labor Day
Monday, October 12
Columbus Day
Wednesday, November 11
Veterans Day
Thursday, November 26
Thanksgiving Day
Friday, December 25
Christmas Day
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.
* 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).)
Nice to see the government has some things planned in advance.