MEMORANDUM FOR ALL DFAS EMPLOYEES

SUBJECT: One Hour of Excused Absence on December 24, 2003, and December 31, 2003

DFAS Acting Director Patrick Shine and the DFAS Leadership Council announce that all DFAS employees present for duty on Wednesday, December 24, 2003, will be authorized one hour of excused absence for the final hour of their scheduled tour of duty on that day. They also announce that all DFAS employees present for duty on Wednesday, December 31, 2003, will be authorized one hour of excused absence for the final hour of their scheduled tour of duty on that day.

On each of the two days, employees must be present for duty in order to receive the one hour of excused absence. Your excused one-hour absence must be recorded in eBiz as administrative leave (code LN).

Those who are scheduled to be on leave for the entire day will remain in a leave status and may not receive excused absence.

Please direct any questions about this announcement to your servicing Human Resources Operations Center Team.

Enjoy your extra time away from the office. May you have a happy and prosperous 2004.

Claudia L. Bogard

Director, Corporate Communications

Defense Finance and Accounting Service