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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-025	COVID-19 Announcements page: the Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further notice (announced Mar. 12, 2020)COVID-19 Announcements	Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)	Supreme Court of the United StatesCourt	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-097	Closure notice of Mar. 12, 2020 carried in press release PRN 20-020 (revised Mar. 12, 2020): Library closed to the public until Apr. 1, 2020; all public programs postponed or cancelled2020 Earth and Space Science Talks (revised March 12, 2020, carrying the Library's closure notice)	Library of Congress (Librarian Carla Hayden)	Library of Congress (all buildings, Washington, D.C.)Federal	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-082	Statement on NASA Goddard's Coronavirus Prep Actions (visitor centers closed; non-mission-essential visits cancelled)Statement on NASA Goddard's Coronavirus Prep Actions	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD; Wallops Flight Facility, VA; and four other campuses)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-090	Press release nr20-47, 'National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14'National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14	National Archives and Records Administration (Archivist David S. Ferriero)	National Archives and Records Administration (all facilities nationwide, including the National Archives Museum and the Presidential Libraries)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-051	News release, 'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16	Superintendent, Statue of Liberty National Monument	Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island (NY/NJ)Federal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-070	Administrative Order restricting public access to the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (Mar. 16, 2020)Restricting Public Access to the National Courts Building	Chief Judge Sharon Prost, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Howard T. Markey National Courts Building, Washington, D.C.; shared with the Court of Federal Claims)Court	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-084	Notice, 'LM Visitors Centers Closed to the Public' (Mar. 16, 2020)LM Visitors Centers Closed to the Public	DOE Office of Legacy Management	U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management (visitor centers at Fernald, OH; Weldon Spring, MO; Rocky Flats, CO; Grand Junction, CO; and other sites)Federal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closure	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-055	News release, 'Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors'Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors	Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Basin Region	Hoover Dam (NV/AZ), Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado Basin RegionFederal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-081	NASA Administrator March 17 Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 3 of the NASA Response Framework agency-wide)NASA Administrator March 17 Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus	NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (all centers and facilities)Federal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-083	INL work-from-home directive and minimum-safe operating status (Mar. 17, 2020)INL encourages employees to work from home amid coronavirus outbreak	Idaho National Laboratory (Battelle Energy Alliance) under DOE direction	Idaho National Laboratory (DOE; Battelle Energy Alliance), Idaho Falls, IDFederal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandate	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-011	Press release closing the Tax Court building (Mar. 18, 2020, 9:00 PM)Press Release: 'the United States Tax Court building is closed'	United States Tax Court	United States Tax CourtCourt	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-035	NPS news release, 'National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees' (superintendents empowered to modify operations and close facilities)National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees	Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt; National Park Service	Department of the Interior / National Park Service (all 419 park units)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-036	News release, 'Yellowstone to modify operations to implement latest COVID-19 health guidance'Yellowstone to modify operations to implement latest COVID-19 health guidance	Superintendent Cam Sholly, Yellowstone National Park	Yellowstone National Park (WY/MT/ID)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closure	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-096	2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19 (official timeline of the Mar. 18, 2020 field-operations suspension and revised schedule)2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19	U.S. Census Bureau (Director Steven Dillingham)	U.S. Census Bureau (2020 Census field operations nationwide)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-049	News release, 'Park Modifies Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance' (campgrounds, pavilions, church and special-use permits)Park Modifies Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance	Superintendent Cassius Cash	Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-040	News release, 'Yosemite National Park is Modifying Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance' (closure to all visitors)Yosemite National Park is Modifying Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance	Acting Superintendent, Yosemite National Park	Yosemite National Park (Mariposa, Tuolumne and Madera Counties, CA)Federal	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-080	March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 4 closure of Michoud and Stennis)March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus	NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine	NASA Michoud Assembly Facility (New Orleans, LA) and Stennis Space Center (Hancock County, MS)Federal	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-037	News release, 'Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are further modifying operations to implement latest health guidance' (closure to all visitors)Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are further modifying operations to implement latest health guidance	Superintendent Cam Sholly (Yellowstone) and Acting Superintendent Gopaul Noojibail (Grand Teton)	Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park (WY/MT/ID)Federal	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-046	News release, 'Park Closes to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts'Park Closes to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts	Superintendent Cassius Cash	Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC)Federal	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-092	Press release PRN 20-025, 'Library Extends Public Facility Access Closures Until Further Notice'Library Extends Public Facility Access Closures Until Further Notice	Library of Congress	Library of Congress (all buildings and facilities)Federal	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-060	Forest closure orders closing all developed recreation sites in Oregon and Washington (reported by KLCC, Mar. 31, 2020)Forest Service Closes Developed Recreation Sites Across Oregon And Washington (KLCC report of the Region 6 closure orders)	Regional Forester, Pacific Northwest Region, and Forest Supervisors (forest-by-forest closure orders)	USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6: all seventeen national forests in Oregon and Washington)Federal	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-047	News release, 'Park Extends Closure to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts'Park Extends Closure to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts	Superintendent Cassius Cash	Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC)Federal	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-056	Press release, 'BLM temporarily closes developed recreation facilities in Oregon' (implementing district closure orders effective Apr. 1, 2020)BLM temporarily closes developed recreation facilities in Oregon	BLM Oregon/Washington State Office and District Managers	Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington (Burns, Coos Bay, Lakeview, Medford, Northwest Oregon, Prineville, Roseburg and Vale Districts)Federal	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-095	Statement on 2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19 (Press Release CB20-RTQ.16)U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham Statement on 2020 Census Operational…	Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham	U.S. Census BureauFederal	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-044	News release, 'Park Access on May 9' (list of roads and facilities opening; campgrounds, picnic pavilions and visitor centers remaining closed)Park Access on May 9	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC)Federal	May 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closure	Primary source read

Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), COVID-19 Announcements page: the Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further notice (announced Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-025)
Library of Congress (Librarian Carla Hayden), Closure notice of Mar. 12, 2020 carried in press release PRN 20-020 (revised Mar. 12, 2020): Library closed to the public until Apr. 1, 2020; all public programs postponed or cancelled (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-097)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Statement on NASA Goddard's Coronavirus Prep Actions (visitor centers closed; non-mission-essential visits cancelled) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-082)
National Archives and Records Administration (Archivist David S. Ferriero), Press release nr20-47, 'National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14' (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-090)
Superintendent, Statue of Liberty National Monument, News release, 'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-051)
Chief Judge Sharon Prost, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Administrative Order restricting public access to the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-070)
DOE Office of Legacy Management, Notice, 'LM Visitors Centers Closed to the Public' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-084)
Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Basin Region, News release, 'Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors' (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-055)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator March 17 Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 3 of the NASA Response Framework agency-wide) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-081)
Idaho National Laboratory (Battelle Energy Alliance) under DOE direction, INL work-from-home directive and minimum-safe operating status (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-083)
United States Tax Court, Press release closing the Tax Court building (Mar. 18, 2020, 9:00 PM) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-011)
Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt; National Park Service, NPS news release, 'National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees' (superintendents empowered to modify operations and close facilities) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-035)
Superintendent Cam Sholly, Yellowstone National Park, News release, 'Yellowstone to modify operations to implement latest COVID-19 health guidance' (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-036)
U.S. Census Bureau (Director Steven Dillingham), 2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19 (official timeline of the Mar. 18, 2020 field-operations suspension and revised schedule) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-096)
Superintendent Cassius Cash, News release, 'Park Modifies Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance' (campgrounds, pavilions, church and special-use permits) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-049)
Acting Superintendent, Yosemite National Park, News release, 'Yosemite National Park is Modifying Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance' (closure to all visitors) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-040)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 4 closure of Michoud and Stennis) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-080)
Superintendent Cam Sholly (Yellowstone) and Acting Superintendent Gopaul Noojibail (Grand Teton), News release, 'Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are further modifying operations to implement latest health guidance' (closure to all visitors) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-037)
Superintendent Cassius Cash, News release, 'Park Closes to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts' (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-046)
Library of Congress, Press release PRN 20-025, 'Library Extends Public Facility Access Closures Until Further Notice' (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-092)
Regional Forester, Pacific Northwest Region, and Forest Supervisors (forest-by-forest closure orders), Forest closure orders closing all developed recreation sites in Oregon and Washington (reported by KLCC, Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-060)
Superintendent Cassius Cash, News release, 'Park Extends Closure to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts' (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-047)
BLM Oregon/Washington State Office and District Managers, Press release, 'BLM temporarily closes developed recreation facilities in Oregon' (implementing district closure orders effective Apr. 1, 2020) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-056)
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham, Statement on 2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19 (Press Release CB20-RTQ.16) (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-095)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, News release, 'Park Access on May 9' (list of roads and facilities opening; campgrounds, picnic pavilions and visitor centers remaining closed) (May 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-044)

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