The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (executive branch)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 5 U.S.C. ch. 65; OMB and OPM management authority; the Guidelines for Opening Up America Again
- Issued
- 2020-04-20 Apr. 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-20
- End
- 2021-06-10 (rescinded by M-21-25) (read as 2021-06-10)
- In force
- Apr. 20, 2020 to June 10, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Telework mandateWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- heads of executive departments and agencies
- federal employees, contractors and visitors (through agency policies)
- Functions reached
- OF federal offices on maximum telework through the gating period, geography by geography
- CS visitor screening and access limits at every federal facility
- PJ contractor access
- Collection
- Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B
Operative words
Gating Period: Agencies should continue in 'Maximum Telework Flexibility' operating status, at the discretion of the agency head.... Facilities Screening. Agencies must ensure their policies and procedures restrict individuals infected with or at higher risk for serious illness from COVID-19 from accessing Federal facilities... These agency policies must include specific considerations for Federal employees, contractors and visitors.... Agencies must continue to maximize telework flexibilities specifically for workers... at higher risk...
Enforcement
OMB/OPM directive; facility decisions by each GSA building's Designated Official and Facility Security Committee
Notes
Kept the executive branch on maximum telework, at agency-head discretion tied to the State reopening gates, from Apr. 20, 2020 until June 10, 2021; the federal workplace did not reopen in 2020.
Retrieval noteM-21-25 (Ex. FED-271) states in terms that it 'rescinds OMB Memorandum M-20-23'.