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Article: UPDATE: OPM Director Kay Coles James Issues Emergency Flexibilities for Federal Agencies in Advance of Hurricane Charley
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- August 13, 2004
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) Director Kay Coles James today issued guidelines
(attached) to heads of federal agencies and departments on measures
they can take to mitigate the effects of Hurricane Charley on the
federal work force.
"I am deeply concerned about the potential loss and destruction
that Hurricane Charley and its aftermath may cause to areas of
Florida and the East Coast, especially following so closely to
Tropical Storm Bonnie," James wrote in the memorandum.
"President Bush recognizes the generosity and responsiveness of
his team of federal employees, and I strongly encourage managers to
grant excused absence to employees ...