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 EO 13281 Title 3--The President (ii) a summary of the technical assistance and other information that will be available to faith-based and other community organizations re- garding the program activities of the agency and the preparation of appli- cations or proposals for grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and procurement. (c) Performance Indicators. The first report, filed 180 days after the date of this order, shall include annual performance indicators and measurable objectives for agency action. Each report filed thereafter shall measure the agency's performance against the objectives set forth in the initial report. Sec. 5. Hesponsibilities of the Secretmy of Agriculture and the Adminis- trator of the Agency for International Development. The Secretary and the Administrator shall: (a) designate an employee within their respective agencies to serve as the liaison and point of contact with the White House OFBCI; and (b) cooperate with the White House OFBCI and provide such informa- tion, support, and assistance to the White House OFBCI as it may request, to the extent permitted by law. Sec. 6. Administration and Judicial HeyJew. (a) The agency actions directed by this executive order shall be carried out subject to the availability of ap- propriations and to the extent permitted by law. (b) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or ben- efit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity by a party against the United States, its agencies, or entities, its officers, employees or agents, or any other person. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, December 12, 2002. Executive Order 13281 of December 19, 2002 Half-Day Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Tuesday, December 24, 2002 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. All executive branch departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty for the last half of the scheduled workday on Tuesday, December 24, 2002, the day before Christmas Day, except as provided in section 2 below. Sec. 2. The heads of executive branch departments and agencies may deter- mine that certain offices and installations of their organizations, or parts thereof, must remain open and that certain employees must report for duty for the full scheduled workday on December 24, 2002, for reasons of na- tional security or defense or other public reasons. Sec. 3. Tuesday, December 24, 2002, shall be considered as falling within the scope of Executive Order 1\177582 of February \177, 1971, and of 5 U.S.C. 264

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