Workers shoveled the Eisenhower Executive Office Building after a snow in January. Carolyn Kaster/AP
With a winter storm underway across the D.C. metro area, the Office of Personnel Management announced early Wednesday that federal offices in the region would be closed for the day.
The full message from OPM:
FEDERAL OFFICES in the Washington, DC, area are CLOSED. Emergency and telework-ready employees required to work must follow their agency's policies, including written telework agreements.