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PROTECTING THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force is led by the White House COVID-19
Response Team, the General Services Administration (GSA), and the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM). Task Force members include: the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Federal Protective Service
(FPS), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the United States Secret
Service (USSS).

The President created the Task Force to give the heads of federal agencies
ongoing guidance to keep their employees safe and their agencies operating
during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The following are key guidance documents issued by the Task Force or OMB,
related to the Task Force’s mission. Further guidance from the Task Force can be
found in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section of this website.

 * New Read the COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Agency Model Safety Principles
   (Updated September 13, 2021; PDF, Download Adobe Reader). It outlines model
   safety principles for executive departments and agencies to revise their
   existing COVID-19 workplace safety plans.

 * New Read the President’s Executive Order on Requiring Coronavirus Disease
   2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees (Signed September 9, 2021). It
   requires COVID-19 vaccination for federal executive branch employees.

 * New Read the President’s Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety
   Protocols for Federal Contractors (Signed September 9, 2021). It ensures that
   the parties that contract with the Federal Government provide adequate
   COVID-19 safeguards to their workers performing on or in connection with a
   Federal Government contract or contract-like instrument.

 * New Read the President’s Path out of the Pandemic: COVID-19 Action Plan
   (Issued September 9, 2021). It is a six-pronged, comprehensive national
   strategy that employs the same science-based approach that was used to
   successfully combat previous variants of COVID-19 earlier this year. This
   plan will ensure that we are using every available tool to combat COVID-19
   and save even more lives in the months ahead, while also keeping schools open
   and safe, and protecting our economy from lockdowns and damage.

 * Read the OMB memo M-21-25: Integrating Planning for A Safe Increased Return
   of Federal Employees and Contractors to Physical Workplaces with Post-Reentry
   Personnel Policies and Work Environment (Issued June 10, 2021; PDF, Download
   Adobe Reader). It provides agencies with guidance for agency planning
   processes for post-reentry personnel policies and work environment.

 * Read the OMB memo M-21-15: COVID-19 Safe Federal Workplace: Agency Model
   Safety Principles (Issued January 24, 2021; PDF, Download Adobe Reader). It
   describes the work of the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force and outlines
   model safety principles for executive departments and agencies as they build
   tailored COVID-19 workplace safety plans.

 * Read the CDC’s Federal Testing Plan for Federal Workforce (Issued April 7,
   2021; PDF, Download Adobe Reader). This guidance provides federal agencies
   with strategies for incorporating SARS-CoV-2 testing into their COVID-19
   workplace safety plan.

 * Read the President’s Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and
   Requiring Mask-Wearing. (Signed January 20, 2021). It establishes the Safer
   Federal Workforce Task Force and requires anyone working in or visiting
   federal buildings or federal lands to wear masks, maintain physical distance,
   and adhere to other public health measures, as provided in CDC guidelines.

For questions or comments, email the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force at
SaferFederalWorkforce@gsa.gov