Fed is closed
Now confirmed on OPM site (
http://www.opm.gov/status/index.aspx) - with the weather set to get its worst round normal quitting time (weather.com hourly forecast for this area has winds topping off at 37mph - not counting gusts - at 17.00 Monday), and with the aforementioned near-total shut-down of the schools, this is the only sensible course.