{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-080","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"NASA Michoud Assembly Facility (New Orleans, LA) and Stennis Space Center (Hancock County, MS)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine","authority":"51 U.S.C. 20113","instrument":"March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 4 closure of Michoud and Stennis)","title":"March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus","dateIssued":"2020-03-19","effective":"2020-03-20","end":"Stage 4 lifted in phases from May 2020 (Michoud and Stennis returned to Stage 3 in May 2020; not saved)","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","TELE","EMP"],"addressees":["NASA personnel and contractors at Michoud and Stennis (including Boeing, Aerojet Rocketdyne and Lockheed Martin production workforces)","tenants of the two federal sites"],"clause":"[T]he agency\u0027s Michoud Assembly Facility and Stennis Space Center are moving to Stage 4 of the NASA Response Framework, effective Friday, March 20.... While there are no confirmed cases at Michoud, the facility is moving to Stage 4 due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the local area... Mandatory telework is in effect for NASA personnel at both facilities until further notice. Access to Stennis and Michoud will be limited to personnel required to maintain the safety and [security of the facilities].","enforcement":"Agency directive; site access restricted to safety and security personnel","functions":["PF production floor (Space Launch System core-stage production and testing halted)","CS contractor workforce (thousands of contractor employees barred from the sites)","WF","CB suppliers to the SLS and Orion programs","OF"],"notes":"Ten NASA facilities reached Stage 4 by late March 2020; Stage 4 \u0027halted production and testing\u0027 on the nation\u0027s largest rocket program.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/march-19-administrator-statement-on-agency-response-to-coronavirus/","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20241006081356/https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/march-19-administrator-statement-on-agency-response-to-coronavirus/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":214475,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-080","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-080","citation":"NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 4 closure of Michoud and Stennis) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-080)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-081"]}