The installation ceremony for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will be held at GW’s Lisner Auditorium on March 27, 2009, at 10 a.m. U.S. President Barack Obama also will participate. This is an invitation only event for members of the Department of Justice and guests.

From approximately 9:30 a.m. until the conclusion of the event, H Street, NW, between 21st and 22nd streets, will be closed to vehicular traffic. Street parking will be prohibited and vehicles will be towed. Pennsylvania Ave. at 21st St. also will be restricted to vehicular traffic during the event.

Pedestrians may be temporarily restricted from accessing portions of the 2100 block of H Street during this time. The H Street entrance to the Marvin Center and parking garage also may be closed temporarily during the ceremony. Gelman Library will remain open.

The event will be broadcast on GWTV-11 at the Marvin Center – J Street and Columbian Square on the first floor.

The Vern Express pick up and drop off location for 6am to 10am will be relocated to 23rd & H Street location (at Fulbright Hall) and will continue at this stop throughout the day. For instant updates on The Vern Express – including notice of service interruptions, excessive traffic, or unexpected stop location moves – visit http://gwired.gwu.edu/mvcl/express/twitter to sign up for text-message updates on the Express via Twitter.

Holder received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from The George Washington University, was a GW Trustee from 1996-1997, and was member of the GW Homeland Security Policy Institute Steering Committee.