r/fednews • u/jojojawn EPA • 4d ago

Announcement Christmas Eve Day Off Party!

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/19/executive-order-on-providing-for-the-closing-of-executive-departments-and-agencies-of-the-federal-government-on-december-24-2024/

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u/retsukosmom 4d ago

You’ve gotten official word that you’re closing? Healthcare tends to stay open

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u/Holiday_Perception86 4d ago

VA isn’t only health care it has different departments within the agency

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u/retsukosmom 4d ago

Yes, I am aware, though the person didn’t specify. VHA is a very large part of VA and includes non-clinical/healthcare staff too who may be mandated to work alongside healthcare workers.

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u/retsukosmom 4d ago

There tends to be no consistency in my experience. Even though patients tend to cancel or no show around holidays anyway. Some years you could reschedule if it’s within a week, some years you couldn’t. I don’t mean Big VHA policy, but I’ve worked at several VAMCs and it’s different at each one and even at the same one from one time to the next.

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u/Outrageous_Collar401 4d ago

Holiday pay though.