The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (executive branch)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, 5 U.S.C. ch. 65; OMB management authority (31 U.S.C. § 503; EO 11541)
- Issued
- 2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-12
- End
- superseded in practice by M-20-15 (Mar. 15), M-20-16 (Mar. 17) and M-20-23 (Apr. 20, 2020) (read as 2020-04-20)
- In force
- Mar. 12, 2020 to Apr. 20, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Telework mandate
- Addressees
- heads of departments and agencies
- Functions reached
- OF federal office premises begin to empty
- CS client and customer access to federal offices
- PJ federal procurement and contracting-officer availability
- Collection
- Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B
Operative words
All Federal Executive Branch departments and agencies are encouraged to maximize telework flexibilities to eligible workers within those populations that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified as being at higher risk... Additionally, agencies are encouraged to consult with local public health officials and the CDC about whether to extend telework flexibilities more broadly to all eligible teleworkers in areas in which either such local officials or the CDC have determined there is community spread.
Enforcement
OMB management directive to agency heads
Notes
The first of the government-wide workplace directives; the federal government is the largest employer, landlord and customer in the country, and every business that sold to, met with, or served federal offices felt the March 2020 directives at once.