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Jerry Luke LeBlanc,
Commissioner of Administration
Division of Administration
State
Office Closures for Hurricane Rita
(updated 9/27, 5:00 PM)
As of Wednesday, September 28, 2005, state agency
heads in ALL PARISHES may re-open offices as circumstances
allow and call employees in those areas back to work in accordance with
Civil
Service rules.
(updated 9/25, 7:15 PM) At
this time, due to Hurricane Rita, I am directing
the closure of all state offices
in Jefferson and Lafourche parishes below
Highway 90 until Wednesday, September 28, 2005.
Earlier
(updated
9/25, 3:00 PM), I directed the closure of all
state offices in the following parishes until Wednesday,
September
28, 2005:
Lafayette
Rapides
St. Landry
Earlier (updated
9/25, 3:00 PM) I directed the closure of all
state offices in the following parishes until
Monday,
October
3, 2005:
Acadia
Allen
Beauregard
Calcasieu
Cameron
DeSoto
Jefferson Davis
Iberia
Natchitoches
Red River
Sabine
Lower St. Martin
St. Mary
Terrebonne
Vermilion
Vernon
Employees in any of the above parishes may be called
to work. All employees should report to work as directed
by their supervisors.
Supervisors of state workers are urged to BE SENSITIVE TO THE PARTICULAR NEEDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES in view of the difficulties some will face in returning to work in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita.
Thank you,
Jerry Luke LeBlanc
Commissioner of Administration
(updated
9/25, 3:00 PM) At this time, I am directing
the closure of all state offices in the following
parishes until Monday, October
3, 2005:
Acadia
Allen
Beauregard
Calcasieu
Cameron
DeSoto
Jefferson Davis
Iberia
Natchitoches
Red River
Sabine
Lower St. Martin
St. Mary
Terrebonne
Vermilion
Vernon
At this time, I am directing the closure of all state
offices in the following parishes until Wednesday, September
28, 2005:
Lafayette
Rapides
St. Landry
Employees in any of the above parishes may be called
to work. All employees should report to work as directed
by their supervisors.
Updates regarding closures will be issued periodically.
State employees should monitor media and can call the
hotline at: 1-800-360-9660 or 225-342-0498.
I urge supervisors of state workers to BE SENSITIVE
TO THE PARTICULAR NEEDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES in view of
the difficulties some will face in returning to work
in the aftermath of Rita.
(updated 9/23, 2:00 PM) Effective immediately,
due to Hurricane Rita, I am directing the closure of all state offices
for the remainder of the day in the following parishes:
- East Feliciana
- Livingston
- St. Helena
- St. Tammany
- Tangipahoa
- Washington
- West Feliciana
(updated 9/23, 9:00 AM) At this time,
due to Hurricane Rita, I am directing the closure of all state offices
in the following parishes for one half day beginning at 12:00 PM (Noon) on
Friday, September 23, 2005:
- Ascension
- Avoyelles
- DeSoto
- East Baton Rouge
- Grant
- Pointe Coupee
- Red River
- West Baton Rouge
At this time, due to Hurricane Rita, I am directing the additional closure
of all state offices in the following parishes for Friday, September 23,
2005:
- Jefferson
- Orleans
- Plaquemines
- St. Bernard
- St. Charles
- St. James
- St. John
(updated 9/22, 12:00PM) At this time, due to Hurricane Rita, I am
directing the closure of all state offices in the following parishes for
Friday, September 23, 2005:
- Assumption
- Evangeline
- Iberville
- Lafourche
- Natchitoches
- Rapides
- Sabine
- St. Landry
- Terrebonne
- Vernon
At this time, due to Hurricane Rita, I am directing immediate closure of all state offices in the following areas until Monday, September 26.
- Acadia
- Allen
- Beauregard
- Calcasieu
- Cameron
- Iberia
- Jefferson Davis
- Lafayette
- Lower St. Martin
- Upper St. Martin
- St. Mary
- Vermilion
Essential personnel should report to work as directed by their supervisors.
Additional closures will be announced and updates to this list will be issued periodically.
State employees should monitor media regarding office closures as well as announcements about
when offices are scheduled to reopen.
Those announcements will be made by the Governor's office or the
Commissioner of Administration. In addition, the 800 number established by the
Commissioner of Administration will be updated with information about office closures.
That number is 1-800-360-9660 or 225-342-0498.
Sincerely,
Jerry Luke LeBlanc
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Claiborne Building
1201 N. Third St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Local: (225) 342-7000
Toll Free: (800) 354-9548
Fax: (225) 342-1057
Email: doacommissioner@la.gov
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