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Guidelines for Opening Up America Again (Apr. 16, 2020)

Guidelines for Opening Up America Again

The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force · United States (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
presidential guidance (no independent legal force)
Issued
2020-04-16 Apr. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-04-16 (framework for States) (read as 2020-04-16)
End
n/a (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Apr. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • governors and local officials
  • employers (guidance)
Functions reached
  • all
Collection
Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B

Operative words

President Trump has unveiled Guidelines for Opening Up America Again, a three-phased approach based on the [advice of public health experts]... Proposed State or Regional Gating Criteria... Phase One: For States and Regions that satisfy the gating criteria... Phase Two...

Enforcement

none (guidance); adopted as the structure of OMB/OPM M-20-23 (Ex. FED-268) and of many State reopening plans

Notes

Guidance, not an order; the phased-gating template that M-20-23 applied to federal operations and that many State reopening orders tracked (14-day downward trajectories; Phase One telework, closed schools and bars; Phase Two moderate distancing; Phase Three unrestricted staffing).

Retrieval note

Rendered offline from the archived White House page.

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