State governments generally observe federal holidays.
Open to the public five days a week (except federal holidays) without appointment, the library collection consists of more than 86,000 volumes, including nearly 2,000 rare books.
Some private employers, often by a union contract, pay a differential such as time-and-a-half or double-time to employees who work on some federal holidays.
All current federal holidays have also been made public holidays in all 50 states.
It is published daily, except on federal holidays.
As of 2010, these efforts have fallen short of turning the day into a federal holiday.
However, a controversy over the state's recognition of a newly created federal holiday changed things.
A federal holiday is a day off for federal government employees.