{"id":"SEC-13-002","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"13","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FRB, FDIC, NCUA, OCC, CFPB, State Liaison Committee)","authority":"12 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.; supervisory guidance","instrument":"Interagency Statement on Pandemic Planning","title":"Interagency Statement on Pandemic Planning (update of the 2007 statement)","dateIssued":"2020-03-06","effective":"2020-03-06","end":"n/a","startDate":"2020-03-06","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["all supervised financial institutions"],"clause":"the institution\u0027s business continuity plan(s) (BCP) should address pandemics and provide for a preventive program, a documented strategy scaled to the stages of a pandemic outbreak, a comprehensive framework to ensure the continuance of critical operations, a testing program, and an oversight program... Such procedures could include social distancing to minimize staff contact, telecommuting, redirecting customers from branch to electronic banking services","enforcement":"Supervisory (examination); guidance","functions":["BR (redirecting customers from branch to electronic services)","OP (telecommuting)","WF","HR"],"notes":"Guidance, not an order; it is the regulators\u0027 contemporaneous instruction that branches be de-emphasized and staff dispersed.","sourceUrl":"https://www.ffiec.gov/press/PDF/FFIEC%20Statement%20on%20Pandemic%20Planning.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200329191316/https://www.ffiec.gov/press/PDF/FFIEC%20Statement%20on%20Pandemic%20Planning.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":66283,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-13","url":"/library/SEC-13-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-13-002","citation":"Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FRB, FDIC, NCUA, OCC, CFPB, State Liaison Committee), Interagency Statement on Pandemic Planning (Mar. 6, 2020) (Ex. SEC-13-002)","stateName":"","related":[]}