Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce, Version 3.0

The record

Jurisdiction

United States

Level

Federal

Authority

Advisory guidance under PPD-21 and the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, incorporated by reference in State stay-home and essential-business orders

Issued

2020-04-17 Apr. 17, 2020

Effective

2020-04-17

End

superseded by v3.1 (May 19, 2020), v4.0 (Aug. 18, 2020), v4.1 (Aug. 5, 2021) (read as 2020-05-19)

In force

Apr. 17, 2020 to May 19, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureOther

Addressees

• State and local officials; critical infrastructure employers

Functions reached

• BR
• AT
• CC
• CL
• BL
• IN
• WM
• OP

Collection

Financial Services SEC-13

Operative words

FINANCIAL SERVICES: Workers who are needed to provide, process, and maintain systems for processing, verification, and recording of financial transactions and services, including payment, clearing, and settlement; wholesale funding; insurance services; consumer and commercial lending; public accounting; and capital markets activities. Workers who are needed to maintain orderly market operations to ensure the continuity of financial transactions and services. Workers who are needed to provide business, commercial, and consumer access to bank and non-bank financial services and lending services, including ATMs, lending and money transmission, lockbox banking, and to move currency, checks, securities, and payments (e.g., armored cash carriers). Workers who support financial operations and those staffing call centers, such as those staffing data and security operations centers, managing physical security, or providing accounting services. Workers supporting production and distribution of debit and credit cards. Workers providing electronic point of sale support personnel for essential businesses and workers.

Enforcement

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