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FCC to Observe Juneteenth Holiday Friday

The FCC said it will follow Office of Personnel Management guidance and close Friday to mark the Juneteenth federal holiday signed into law Thursday. OPM tweeted that while the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act establishes June 19 as a federal…

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holiday, the date this year falls on Saturday and "most federal employees" will instead observe it Friday. A commission public notice said that, in accordance with rules about filing deadlines on holidays, all June 18 deadlines are moved to Monday. It said June 18 won't count in computing filing periods of less than seven days. Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel told reporters her agency's Office of General Counsel was working on the PN, as stakeholders awaited President Joe Biden signing the law.