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December 2020

The governmental orders and related instruments issued in December 2020, day by day. Open a day for its full list, or move through the months on the strip below.

2020 Q4 Fourth quarter of 2020461 instruments dated this month444 exhibit files (411 MB)
The month’s 444 exhibit files (411 MB) exceed the download cap of 150 files or 400 MB per ZIP. Open a day to download its exhibits, or narrow the set in the Library.
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  • IN-047 Indiana: Executive Order 20-49
  • MS-045 Mississippi (Adams, Amite, Coahoma, Franklin, Jefferson, Kemper…
  • NE-061 Nebraska (all public bodies): Executive Order 20-36
  • AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-063 United States (U.S. Department of Transportation; DOT's own…
  • MET-DEN-027 City and County of Denver, Colorado: Fact Sheet: Denver Level…
  • MET-DEN-042 City and County of Denver, Colorado: Amended Level Red Public…
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223
  • AZ-032 Arizona: Executive Order 2020-59
  • AZ-033 Arizona: Executive Order 2020-60
  • NE-090 Nebraska: DHHS COVID-19 Weekly Update, Dec. 2, 2020
  • AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-031 New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)…
  • NM-042 New Mexico: Public Health Emergency Order of December 2, 2020…
  • NY-038 New York: Executive Order No. 202.79
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327
  • CA-020 California: Regional Stay at Home Order
  • SEC-18-024 California: Regional Stay at Home Order
  • KY-036 Kentucky: Executive Order 2020-996
  • NE-024 Nebraska: Outline of Changes to Upcoming DHMs (statewide…
  • NE-025 Nebraska (Dakota County; identical statewide form): Directed…
  • OR-062 Oregon: OHA Sector Risk Level Guidance Chart and sector guidance…
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421
  • AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-016 California Department of Parks and Recreation (State agency)…
  • GA-067 Georgia: Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and…
  • HI-051 Hawaii: News release, Hawaii Department of Health updates…
  • ID-039 Idaho: Proclamation continuing the state of emergency (Dec. 4…
  • LA-024 Louisiana: Proclamation 174 JBE 2020
  • TN-026 Tennessee: Executive Order No. 68
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  • CA-021 California: Supplement to the Regional Stay at Home Order
  • TX-027 Texas: Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declaration
  • MET-LA-077 City of Long Beach: Safer at Home Order for Control of COVID-19…
  • DUT-CT-002 Connecticut: Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-206 (nuisances; orders…
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715
  • SEC-16-050 Colorado: Third Amended Public Health Order 20-36 COVID-19 Dial
  • DC-080 District of Columbia: Mayor's Order 2020-123
  • MA-065 Massachusetts: Order of the Commissioner of Public Health…
  • MI-061 Michigan: MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253: Gatherings…
  • WY-038 Wyoming: Eighteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide…
  • WY-039 Wyoming: Eighteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide…
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  • MA-038 Massachusetts: COVID-19 Order No. 57
  • MA-039 Massachusetts: COVID-19 Order No. 58
  • NC-023 North Carolina: Executive Order No. 181
  • UT-033 Utah: State Public Health Order 2020-26
  • MET-SAT-054 Bexar County and City of San Antonio (Local Health Authority)…
  • MET-SAT-053 Bexar County, Texas: Executive Order NW-18
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  • AL-039 Alabama: Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation…
  • AL-040 Alabama: Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain…
  • IA-032 Iowa: Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (extension to January…
  • KS-037 Kansas: Kansas EO 20-69 (Dec. 9, 2020) and KDHE Secretary's…
  • ME-044 Maine: Executive Order 18 FY 20/21
  • MS-046 Mississippi: Executive Order 1535
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  • DE-033 Delaware: Fourth Revision to the Twenty-Seventh Modification…
  • IN-048 Indiana: Executive Order 20-50
  • AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-036 New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)…
  • ND-067 North Dakota: Executive Order 2020-43.2 (Corrected)
  • OH-040 Ohio: Director's Amended Order that All Persons Stay at Home…
  • PA-028 Pennsylvania: Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania…
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  • AR-012 Arkansas: Executive Order 20-51
  • IL-032 Illinois: Executive Order 2020-74 (COVID-19 Executive Order No.…
  • ME-045 Maine: Executive Order 19 FY 20/21
  • NM-044 New Mexico: Executive Order 2020-085
  • NY-039 New York: Executive Order No. 202.81
  • RI-031 Rhode Island: Executive Order 20-105
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121
  • ME-081 Maine: COVID-19 Prevention Checklists index page…
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1531
  • AK-025 Alaska: Declaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency
  • ME-046 Maine: Executive Order 19-A FY 20/21
  • AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-019 New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)…
  • NM-046 New Mexico: Public Health Emergency Order of December 15, 2020…
  • VT-036 Vermont: Addendum 9 to Amended and Restated Executive Order…
  • ID-066 Ada, Boise, Elmore and Valley Counties, Idaho (Central District…
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  • DC-014 District of Columbia: Mayor's Order 2020-126
  • HI-018 Hawaii: Seventeenth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19…
  • IA-033 Iowa: Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (gatherings…
  • MN-033 Minnesota: Emergency Executive Order 20-103
  • NE-091 Nebraska: DHHS COVID-19 Weekly Update, Dec. 16, 2020
  • AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-035 New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)…
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1721
  • SEC-01-057 California: Hospital Surge Public Health Order
  • MD-023 Maryland: Order of the Governor No. 20-12-17-01, Authorizing…
  • OR-036 Oregon: Executive Order 20-67
  • RI-032 Rhode Island: Executive Order 20-108
  • UT-034 Utah: State Public Health Order 2020-27
  • UT-035 Utah: State Public Health Order 2020-28
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  • CT-034 Connecticut: Executive Order No. 9S
  • ECO-C-007 Connecticut: Executive Order No. 9S
  • DC-015 District of Columbia: Mayor's Order 2020-127
  • KY-037 Kentucky: Executive Order 2020-1041
  • AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-117 Massachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health…
  • MI-062 Michigan: MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253: Gatherings…
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  • TN-027 Tennessee: Executive Order No. 70
  • DC-044 District of Columbia: DC Health, Updated Phase 2 Gyms and…
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  • NC-036 North Carolina: Executive Order No. 183
  • ND-070 North Dakota: Executive Order 2020-43.3
  • WA-053 Washington: Proclamation 20-25.10
  • WA-054 Washington: Proclamation 20-83
  • MET-BNA-071 Shelby County, Tennessee: Shelby County Health Order and…
  • MET-BNA-072 Shelby County, Tennessee: Shelby County Face Mask Directive No.…
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  • FL-081 Florida: Renewal of Declaration of Public Health Emergency
  • IN-049 Indiana: Executive Order 20-51
  • LA-025 Louisiana: Proclamation 209 JBE 2020
  • ME-047 Maine: Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (tenth…
  • MA-040 Massachusetts: COVID-19 Order No. 59
  • MS-048 Mississippi (Benton, George, Greene, Hancock, Humphreys, Jasper…
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  • FL-052 Florida: Executive Order 20-315
  • MN-034 Minnesota: Emergency Executive Order 20-104
  • OH-058 Ohio: Director's Order for Retail and Business Compliance for…
  • OR-037 Oregon: House Bill 4401 (2020)
  • SEC-13-090 Oregon: Enrolled House Bill 4401 (2020)
  • SEC-14-065 Oregon: Enrolled House Bill 4401
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  • DE-051 Delaware: Tenth Extension of the Declaration of a State of…
  • AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-069 Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)…
  • AGY-TRIBAL-014 Navajo Nation (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah) - tribal government…
  • MET-SAN-023 San Diego County, California: Order of the Health Officer…
  • DC-045 District of Columbia: DC Health, Updated Phase 2 Places of…
  • DC-048 District of Columbia: DC Health, Phase 2 Long Term Care Guidance…
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  • ECO-A-079 United States: Order: Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure…
  • FED-040 United States (air passengers from the United Kingdom): CDC…
  • MET-ORL-053 Orange County, Florida: Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-54
  • MET-CMH-033 City of Columbus and City of Worthington, Ohio: Renewal of…
  • SEC-22-GM-004 Las Vegas, NV: The ARA Show homepage: Las Vegas Oct. 17-20, 2021…
  • SEC-22-GM-003 New Orleans, LA: The ARA Show homepage: 2021 show announced for…
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  • FED-173 United States: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L.…
  • SEC-17-001 United States: 15 U.S.C. s. 9009a, Grants for shuttered venue…
  • SEC-22-006 United States: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L.…
  • LAW-002 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260, 134…
  • SEC-21-GM-045 Statewide; Baltimore; Lexington, MD; KY; AL; NATIONWIDE…
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  • NY-083 New York: Chapter 381 of the Laws of 2020 (S.9114), COVID-19…
  • SEC-14-043 New York: COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention…
  • FED-382 United States (USDA Rural Development single-family loans): USDA…
  • FED-375 United States (VA-guaranteed loans and VA REO): Circular…
  • MET-SAT-055 Bexar County, Texas: Executive Order NW-19 (area of high…
  • SEC-16-026 United States (New York orders): Agudath Israel of America v.…
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  • AR-013 Arkansas: Executive Order 20-53
  • AR-016 Arkansas: Executive Order 20-54
  • FL-053 Florida: Executive Order 20-316
  • KY-038 Kentucky: Executive Order 2020-1056
  • AGY-TERRITORIES-121 Guam (unincorporated territory) - Governor: Executive Order No.…
  • MET-MSP-015 City of Minneapolis: Emergency Regulation No. 2020-21
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  • AZ-034 Arizona: Executive Order 2020-61
  • GA-030 Georgia: Executive Order 12.30.20.01
  • GA-031 Georgia: Executive Order 12.30.20.02
  • ID-011 Idaho: Stage 2 Stay Healthy Order (reissued)
  • NM-047 New Mexico: Public Health Emergency Order of December 30, 2020…
  • NY-048 New York: Executive Order No. 205.3
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  • CO-071 Colorado: Executive Order D 2020 307
  • ID-040 Idaho: Proclamation declaring/continuing the state of emergency…
  • IN-050 Indiana: Executive Order 20-52
  • IN-051 Indiana: Executive Order 20-53
  • ME-048 Maine: Executive Order 7-A FY 20/21
  • ME-049 Maine: Executive Order 22-R-1 FY 20/21
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Tuesday

Dec. 22, 2020

28 instruments dated this day
ExhibitLevelJurisdictionIssuerInstrumentLimitation typesQuartersGradeFile
Ex. FL-081StateFloridaState Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., with the concurrence of the GovernorRenewal of Declaration of Public Health Emergency
Renewal of Declaration of Public Health Emergency (Dec. 22, 2020)
Emergency declaration2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 681 KB)
Ex. IN-049StateIndianaGovernor Eric J. HolcombExecutive Order 20-51
Additional Directives and Renewal of Other Directives Issued in Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak
Health care ordersVaccination or testingOther2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Primary source readOpen (PDF, 1.8 MB)
Ex. LA-025StateLouisianaGovernor John Bel EdwardsProclamation 209 JBE 2020
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana (Modified Phase 2 renewed)
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 1.9 MB)
Ex. ME-047StateMaineGovernor Janet T. MillsProclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency (tenth renewal)
Proclamation to Renew the State of Civil Emergency
Emergency declaration2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 298 KB)
Ex. MA-040StateMassachusettsGovernor Charles D. BakerCOVID-19 Order No. 59
Order Temporarily Applying Further Capacity Restrictions to Statewide COVID-19 Safety Rules (Revising Restrictions Otherwise Applicable…
Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering cap2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 313 KB)
Ex. MS-048StateMississippi (Benton, George, Greene, Hancock, Humphreys, Jasper, Leake, Newton, Pike, Quitman, Smith, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Wilkinson Counties)Governor Tate ReevesExecutive Order 1539
Seventeen counties added to the EO 1536 face-covering mandate (78 of 82 counties)
Face-covering requirement2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 186 KB)
Ex. TN-028StateTennesseeGovernor Bill LeeExecutive Order No. 73
An Order to Facilitate the Continued Response to COVID-19 by Extending Executive Order Provisions
Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 809 KB)
Ex. VT-092StateVermontOffice of Governor Phil Scott (official release)Governor's release, Small Modification Made to COVID-19 Gathering Restrictions for Upcoming Holidays
Restrictions on outdoor recreation and youth sports reduced (December 22, 2020)
Gathering capEvents and venues2020 Q42021 Q1Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-009FederalUnited States (Federal Aviation Administration)Federal Aviation AdministrationNotice seeking comment, 85 Fed. Reg. 83672 (Dec. 22, 2020)
COVID-19 Related Relief Concerning Operations at ORD, JFK, LAX, EWR, LGA, DCA and SFO for the Summer 2021 Scheduling Season
Travel and quarantineOther2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Primary source readOpen (PDF, 233 KB)
Ex. ECO-A-029FederalUnited States / Canada land borderActing Secretary of Homeland SecurityNotification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Canada, 85 Fed. Reg. 83432 (Dec. 22, 2020)
Land-border travel restrictions (Canada): extension to Jan. 21, 2021
Travel and quarantine2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 194 KB)
Ex. ECO-A-049FederalUnited States / Mexico land borderActing Secretary of Homeland SecurityNotification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Mexico, 85 Fed. Reg. 83433 (Dec. 22, 2020)
Land-border travel restrictions (Mexico): extension to Jan. 21, 2021
Travel and quarantine2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 194 KB)
Ex. FED-225FederalUnited States-Canada land borderDHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf)Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 85 Fed. Reg. 83432 (Dec. 22, 2020)
Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Canada
Travel and quarantine2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 194 KB)
Ex. FED-248FederalUnited States-Mexico land borderDHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf)Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 85 Fed. Reg. 83433 (Dec. 22, 2020)
Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Mexico
Travel and quarantine2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 194 KB)
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-048FederalUnited States; National Credit Union Administration (federal)NCUA BoardTemporary final rule, Temporary Regulatory Relief in Response to COVID-19-Extension, 85 Fed. Reg. 83405 (Dec. 22, 2020)
Temporary Regulatory Relief in Response to COVID-19-Extension
Business closureOther2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Primary source readOpen (PDF, 235 KB)
Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-035Sector regulatorMassachusetts Gaming Commission (State gaming regulator)Massachusetts Gaming CommissionRequirements to Ensure Compliance with COVID-19 Order No. 59, Order Temporarily Applying Further Capacity Restrictions to Statewide COVID-19 Safety Rules
Supplemental requirements: total occupancy of each gaming establishment capped at 25 percent (workers included); amenities at the Order No.…
Capacity limitCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 130 KB)
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-038Sector regulatorNew Jersey (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage ControlAN 2020-10 Advisory Notice to the Industry Regarding Executive Order Nos. 194 and 195 and New Mitigation Measures for Indoor and Outdoor Dining
AN 2020-10: Executive Order Nos. 194 and 195 and New Mitigation Measures for Indoor and Outdoor Dining
Capacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 270 KB)
Ex. GA-064CourtGeorgiaChief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaOrder of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trials
Statewide suspension of jury trials during the winter surge
Gathering capCourts and public offices2020 Q42021 Q1Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. HI-062CourtHawaiiSupreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldSecond Amended Order Regarding Entering Judiciary Facilities, SCMF-20-0000152
Second Amended Order restricting entry to judiciary facilities (travel-quarantine exclusions; face masks) (Dec. 22, 2020)
Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Primary source readOpen (PDF, 579 KB)
Ex. ME-070CourtMaineMaine Supreme Judicial Court (Acting Chief Justice Mead)PMO-SJC-9
Emergency Order and Notice Concerning Access to State Courthouses
Courts and public officesWorkplace rules2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Primary source readOpen (PDF, 109 KB)
Ex. TN-047CourtTennesseeTennessee Supreme CourtIn re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Extending State of Emergency and Reinstating Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings
Order Extending State of Emergency and Reinstating Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings
Gathering capCourts and public offices2020 Q42021 Q1Primary source readOpen (PDF, 327 KB)
Ex. SEC-16-036CourtUnited States (Maine orders)United States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitCalvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 20-1507, 984 F.3d 21
Opinion dismissing appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction
Gathering cap2020 Q22020 Q4Primary source readOpen (PDF, 39 KB)
Ex. VT-054CourtVermontVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)Nineteenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated December 22, 2020)
Presumption that Superior Court hearings are scheduled for remote participation
Telework mandateCourts and public offices2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Confirmed from a secondary sourceOpen (PDF, 96 KB)
Ex. DUT-DE-011State Standing dutyDelawareDepartment of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health (Public Health Authority)DPH Enforcement Actions: COVID-19 Enforcement Actions (administrative penalty letters and cease-and-desist notices to businesses, Aug.-Dec. 2020)
DPH Enforcement Actions - COVID-19 Enforcement Actions (Delaware Health and Social Services)
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition2020 Q32020 Q4Primary source readOpen (PDF, 664 KB)
Ex. DUT-IN-009Court Standing dutyIndiana (United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, applying Indiana law)Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, U.S. District Court, S.D. Ind.Order on Motion to Remand and Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief, Bar Indy LLC v. City of Indianapolis, No. 1:20-cv-02482-JMS-DML, Doc. 33 (S.D. Ind. Dec. 22, 2020) (43 pages)
Federal decision holding that the Marion County health officer acted within the authority of Ind. Code 16-20-1-24 in closing and restricting…
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars2020 Q4Primary source readOpen (PDF, 350 KB)
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-028Federal Context (guidance or announcement)United States Coast Guard, National Maritime Center; nationwideCommandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Commercial Regulations and Standards Directorate (CG-MMC)MSIB 08-20 (Change 5)
COVID-19 - Mariner Credentials (Change 5)
Courts and public officesOther2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Primary source readOpen (PDF, 292 KB)
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-029Federal Context (guidance or announcement)United States Coast Guard; nationwideCommandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance DirectorateMSIB 13-20 (Change 2)
COVID 19 - Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Operations (Change 2)
Workplace rulesOther2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Primary source readOpen (PDF, 234 KB)
Ex. SEC-15-GM-037Organizer Organizer noticeLRP Media Group (FETC)Organizer notice2020 Q4Primary source read
Ex. SEC-18-GM-030Organizer Organizer noticeLas Vegas (LINQ Hotel), NVCremation Association of North AmericaCremation Association of North America, 'CANA's 2021 Cremation Symposium Postponed. See You In 2022!' (Dec. 22, 2020): Feb. 10-12, 2021, LINQ Hotel, Las Vegas, moved to Feb. 2022; 'no longer viable to move forward with the event as originally scheduled' given 'the recent resurgence of COVID-19 across the United States and the world'
CANA Cremation Symposium 2021
2020 Q4Primary source readOpen (PDF, 840 KB)

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March 13 to 31, 2020

Wages paid after March 12, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, so the orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 are part of that quarter's record even though the calendar places them in the first.