{"id":"FED-271","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (executive branch)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management and General Services Administration","authority":"Executive Order 13991; 5 U.S.C. ch. 65","instrument":"OMB Memorandum M-21-25","title":"Integrating Planning for A Safe Increased Return of Federal Employees and Contractors to Physical Workplaces with Post-Reentry Personnel Policies and Work Environment","dateIssued":"2021-06-10","effective":"2021-06-10; agency reentry and post-reentry plans due July 19, 2021; at least 30 days\u0027 notice to employees before any required return","end":"superseded by 2022 Task Force guidance (post-period)","startDate":"2021-06-10","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["TELE","EMP","MASK"],"addressees":["heads of executive departments and agencies","federal employees and contractors"],"clause":"This memorandum rescinds OMB Memorandum M-20-23, Aligning Federal Agency Operations with the National Guidelines for Opening Up America Again (April 20, 2020)... B. Occupancy in Federal workplaces. The occupancy requirements set forth in M-21-15 are no longer in effect, although other aspects of M-21-15 remain in effect pursuant to current Safer Federal Workforce Task Force guidance... Agencies may establish occupancy limits for... the number of employees or contractors in the physical workplace...","enforcement":"OMB/OPM/GSA directive; Task Force guidance","functions":["OF federal reentry planned, not executed, in 2021 Q3 (plans due July 19; 30-day notice; the July 27 Delta-wave mask reinstatement followed)","CS federal offices remained largely remote through Sept. 30, 2021","PJ contractor reentry"],"notes":"The federal workplace instrument that governed 2021 Q3: it ended the 25 percent cap on paper but required plans and notice periods that ran through and past the quarter, and the Task Force reimposed masks and imposed vaccination attestation on July 27-29, 2021 before any general return.","sourceUrl":"https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/M-21-25.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1041382,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-271","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-271","citation":"Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management and General Services Administration, OMB Memorandum M-21-25 (June 10, 2021) (Ex. FED-271)","stateName":"","related":["FED-268"]}