PRESS RELEASE

State government offices to remain closed in Cameron Parish Tuesday
Division of Administartion News Update
BATON ROUGE, La. (September 16, 2008) - Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis announced today that because of flooding caused by Hurricane Ike, state government offices will remain closed on Tuesday, September 16, in Cameron Parish.

Davis announced a general reopening of state government facilities in all other parishes beginning today.  All state employees should report to work unless instructed otherwise by their supervisors on an individual facility basis to either not report to work, or to vacate their work sites, due to flooding, electrical outages or facility damages.

This message will be emailed to state employees and recorded on the 800 number and the local phone number, which employees have been notified to utilize to obtain information regarding office closures and re-openings.  The numbers to call: 1-800-360-9660 or 225-342-0498.

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