The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Defense Industrial Base (all DoD prime contractors and subcontractors)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 10 U.S.C. 133b; DoDD 5134.01
- Issued
- 2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-20
- End
- Open ('We will continue to assess the conditions as the COVID-19 situation evolves'); relied on throughout 2020-2021 by State essential-business orders that incorporated the CISA list and DoD contractors (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureWorkplace rulesSupply chain
- Addressees
- the Defense Industrial Base: companies and their subcontractors performing under contract to the Department of Defense; GOCO and GOGO facilities
- Functions reached
- PF production floors kept open under distancing and screening rules
- SC subcontractor tiers and suppliers of medical supplies and transportation
- WF workers required to report while schools and child care were closed
- OP office, recreational and grounds vendors excluded from the essential definition and therefore closed under State orders
- HR
- Collection
- Defense installations and the National Guard AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD
Operative words
Companies aligned with the essential critical infrastructure workforce definition are expected to maintain their normal work schedules. Everyone should follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as State and local government officials regarding strategies to limit disease spread. If your contract or subcontract supports the development, production, testing, fielding, or sustainment of our weapon systems/software systems, or the infrastructure to support those activities, are considered Essential Critical Infrastructure.... If you are performing such tasks as providing office supplies, recreational support, or lawn care, they are not considered part of the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce.
Enforcement
Contractual expectation of performance ('expected to maintain their normal work schedules') combined with the State orders that exempted CISA-listed workers; the memorandum divides the contractor community into essential (must keep working under CDC and State distancing rules) and non-essential (office supplies, recreation, lawn care) segments
Notes
The memorandum recites the President's guideline: 'If you work in a critical infrastructure industry, as defined by the Department of Homeland Security, you have a special responsibility to maintain your normal work schedule.' It lists aerospace, mechanical and software engineers, manufacturing and production workers, IT support, security staff, intelligence support, aircraft and weapon systems mechanics, suppliers of medical supplies and pharmaceuticals, and critical transportation. Attached: CISA memorandum of Mar. 19, 2020 (Christopher C. Krebs).
Retrieval noteScanned 13-page PDF (memo plus CISA attachment); read by OCR. The acq.osd.mil copy is no longer online.