{"id":"AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-076","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"Department of Defense","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"DEFENSE-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"Deputy Secretary of Defense","authority":"10 U.S.C. 132","instrument":"Memorandum, Methods to Enable and Encourage Vaccination Against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (May 20, 2021)","title":"Methods to Enable and Encourage Vaccination Against Coronavirus Disease 2019","dateIssued":"2021-05-20","effective":"2021-05-20","end":"Superseded by the Aug. 24, 2021 mandate (Ex. 086)","startDate":"2021-05-20","endDate":"2021-08-24","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["VAX"],"addressees":["Secretaries of the Military Departments","Combatant Commanders","Defense Agency Directors"],"clause":"To encourage and promote vaccination, we ask the Secretaries of the Military Departments to ensure Commanders and leaders at all levels are aware of the following information.... Existing policies and procedures for managing our personnel should be utilized to the greatest extent possible, as appropriate and authorized, to encourage vaccination.","enforcement":"Direction to Military Departments","functions":["WF","HR"],"notes":"Recites the Secretary\u0027s description of COVID-19 as \u0027the greatest proximate challenge to our Nation\u0027s security\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://media.defense.gov/2021/May/20/2002675314/-1/-1/0/MEMORANDUM-ON-METHODS-TO-ENABLE-AND-ENCOURAGE-VACCINATION-AGAINST-COVID-19.PDF","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210520193644/https://media.defense.gov/2021/May/20/2002675314/-1/-1/0/MEMORANDUM-ON-METHODS-TO-ENABLE-AND-ENCOURAGE-VACCINATION-AGAINST-COVID-19.PDF","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2823581,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-076","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-076","citation":"Deputy Secretary of Defense, Memorandum, Methods to Enable and Encourage Vaccination Against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (May 20, 2021) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-076)","stateName":"","related":[]}