Mike Causey

How are you spending your day?

Just because today is a holiday doesn't mean Uncle Sam has shut down. Far from it, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. Lots of people are in today either bec...

Mike Causey@mcauseyWFED

January 19, 2015 4:00 am

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(Senior Correspondent Mike Causey is taking the day off. This column originally appeared Jan. 20, 2014).

Today is a holiday for many, probably most, federal government workers. But in this post 9/11 world, lots of people in lots of government offices will be on the job as per usual.

It goes without saying that lots of working feds will be in defense, intelligence, health and safety fields. But there are also people out there doing things many of us don’t think about. While they may be out of sight, and out of our minds, this is just another day at the office.

The official holiday is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday (although he was actually born on Jan. 15).

Although banks will be closed, holidays are business-as-usual for most stores, restaurants, malls and service-type businesses.

So, if you are off today, enjoy. If you must work, take pride in the fact that somebody thinks you are critical enough, or dedicated enough, to be there. And if you are taking it easy, or working, let us know how you are spending the day. Inquiring minds want to know.

Martin Luther King Jr. was able to enter Morehouse College at the age of 15, after skipping ninth and 11th grades

Source: International Business Times

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Mike Causey

Mike Causey is senior correspondent for Federal News Network and writes his daily Federal Report column on federal employees’ pay, benefits and retirement.

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