Secretary of the Interior memorandum, Ensuring the Continued Performance of the Mission of the Department of the Interior during the Global Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

The record

Jurisdiction

United States (Department of the Interior, all bureaus: NPS, BLM, Reclamation, USGS, FWS, BIA)

Level

Federal

Authority

5 U.S.C. § 301; 5 U.S.C. ch. 65; OMB M-20-16

Issued

2020-03-22 Mar. 22, 2020

Effective

2020-03-22 (weather and safety leave for up to fourteen days) (read as 2020-03-22)

End

phased return plans announced Apr. 30, 2020; maximum telework continued under M-20-23 (read as 2020-04-30)

In force

Mar. 22, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Telework mandate

Addressees

• all Department of the Interior employees and supervisors

Functions reached

• OF Interior offices emptied
• CS permitting, leasing, inspections and field work by Interior bureaus curtailed (oil and gas, grazing, mining, recreation concessions)
• PJ federal customer site access

Collection

Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B

Operative words

Performance of Duties Via Telework for Most Department Employees... Department employees not performing or supporting mission essential functions [or performing mission critical functions as determined by their State or Regional Director, or equivalent management authority,] should telework. Supervisors are hereby directed to instruct employees under their supervision to telework, if telework [ready]... If a telework-eligible employee is unable to enter into a telework agreement, the supervisor shall grant the employee weather and safety leave for a period not to exceed fourteen calendar days.

Enforcement

Notes