Blue Nettles

So I helped set this thing up and encouraged people to write on it and who is missing you ask... slacker boy, Larry. You should have expected that.

But I have an excuse - my dial-up internet at home is iffy on the good days so I have to post at work and it has been very busy at work. We have to get the '06 budget out in two weeks and I'm starting to regret accepting the "acting division chief" job. I'm still very busy so to accompany Dad's inaugural post I'll add the e-mail we got for planning this inauguration (I get it off):


From:
All Hands/HCHB/Osnet
Recipients:
Broad Cast/HCHB/Osnet@osnet, (bcc: Larry Blue/HCHB/Osnet)
Subject:
Inaugural Events
Date:
01/14/2005 01:14:38 PM

Presidential Inaugural events are scheduled throughout the city from January 18 through January 20, 2005.
On January 19, for employees duty-stationed at the HCHB there will be an early dismissal at 3:00 p.m. because of security issues related to the events on the Ellipse and its immediate traffic concerns (more information on early dismissal below).
· Vehicles parked on 15th Street must be moved by noon. Parking areas will be re-opened after 5 p.m. on January 20.
· Constitution Avenue between 15th and 17th Streets will be closed beginning at noon.
· 15th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues will be closed to traffic beginning at 3:30 p.m. and all courtyard traffic must exit on the 14th Street side of HCHB.
· Daycare Center children will be picked up from the North Courtyard entrance.
· Metro will run on a normal, weekday schedule. Street closures for events on January 20 will begin at 7 p.m. on January 19.

The Secret Service has requested that curtains, blinds or shades for windows on the 15th Street side of the 7th, 5th, and 4th floors be closed beginning at noon.
On January 20, HCHB will be closed. Entry will be permitted only to those already approved by the Federal Protective Service. Additionally:
· Only vehicles with Inaugural identification will be allowed into the Inaugural secure area. This area is still being defined but it will include, at least, an area bounded by I Street, NW to the North, Independence Avenue to the South, 3rd Street, NE to the East and 23rd Street, NW, to the West.
· Smithsonian and Archives Metro Stations will be closed. All other metro stations will be open and running on a "special event" schedule.

Early Dismissal. The early dismissal does not apply to the following employees who will remain in their current status: 1) on LWOP pending disability; 2) in receipt of workers' compensation; 3) on military leave; 4) on suspension; or 5) in a nonpay status the hour immediately before they would have been excused from duty and the first hour of the workday after the early dismissal. Also, since employees must be present in a duty status to benefit from the early dismissal, employees on previously approved leave (e.g., annual leave, sick leave, compensatory time, credit hours, etc.) will remain in their current status and may not be granted administrative leave.

Before coming into the city to attend any Inaugural events open to the public, please check newspaper or local news websites for the locations of security checkpoints and the list of items prohibited in the secure area. If you bring any prohibited items, you will be turned away at the checkpoints.