After a challenging and often stressful year, we've decided to make a small but impactful change to our public hours. Starting the week of September 27 we will be officially closing the office to the public at 1 pm on Friday all year long, not just in the summer. Chances are good that many staff will still be working at the office or attending mission-critical outside meetings, but we will be doing our best to leave Friday afternoons open for staff to catch up after a week of meetings or to flex out time accrued earlier in the week. The pandemic has demonstrated just how much we need to pay attention to work-life balance, and we hope that this permanent change is a small step in the right direction.