| Ex. SEC-12-GM-065 | Prometric, "Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update" page as captured Mar. 21, 2020: "Prometric has determined it is necessary and appropriate to temporarily close our test centers in the United States and Canada for a period of 30 days, starting March 18"; reopening anticipated Apr. 16, 2020Uniform CPA Examination administrations (class): the licensing examination of the accounting profession | NASBA, the AICPA and Prometric, for the fifty-five Boards of Accountancy | Prometric test centers in every StateOrganizer | Mar. 18, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-046 | Executive Order 202.7Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency (remote notarization; 75 percent in-person… | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo | New YorkState | Mar. 19, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Telework mandateCourts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-016 | Suspension of Routine Visa Services (announcement of Mar. 20, 2020)Suspension of Routine Visa Services | U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs | United States (all U.S. embassies and consulates)Federal | Mar. 20, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Travel and quarantineOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-027 | IRS Operations During COVID-19: Mission-critical functions continue (page as of Apr. 17, 2020)IRS operations page: Taxpayer Assistance Centers closed; Practitioner Priority Service closed; paper processing suspended | Internal Revenue Service | United StatesFederal | Apr. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-GM-015 | Internal Revenue Service, IR-2020-58, "Tax Day now July 15: Treasury, IRS extend filing deadline and federal tax payments regardless of amount owed" (Mar. 21, 2020)Tax filing season (class): the April 15 individual and business deadlines, client intake meetings and signing appointments of accounting and… | Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department (deadline orders); State revenue departments | every practiceOrganizer | Mar. 21, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-033 | Administrative Order AO/78/20Suspension of filings in non-essential matters | Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks | New YorkCourt | Mar. 22, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-052 | Executive Order No. 7KProtection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response - Remote Notarization, Suspension of Non-Critical Probate Court… | Governor Ned Lamont | ConnecticutState | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-047 | Executive Order 2020-14 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 12)Executive Order in Response to COVID-19 (remote notarization and witnessing) | Governor JB Pritzker | IllinoisState | Mar. 26, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-042 | Omnibus Order of Mar. 27, 2020Omnibus Order on court operations during the COVID-19 crisis | Supreme Court of New Jersey (Chief Justice Stuart Rabner) | New JerseyCourt | Mar. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-GM-016 | Journal of Accountancy (AICPA), "CPA Exam emergency testing period invoked" (Mar. 27, 2020): Prometric test centers closed; second-quarter window extended to June 30, 2020; as captured Aug. 16, 2020Uniform CPA Examination administrations (class): the licensing examination of the accounting profession | NASBA, the AICPA and Prometric, for the fifty-five Boards of Accountancy | Prometric test centers in every StateOrganizer | Mar. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-020 | Judicial Conference finding of Mar. 29, 2020 (announced Mar. 31, 2020)Judiciary Authorizes Video/Audio Access During COVID-19 Pandemic | Judicial Conference of the United States (Administrative Office release) | United StatesCourt | Mar. 31, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-026 | IR-2020-59, People First InitiativeIRS unveils new People First Initiative; COVID-19 effort temporarily adjusts, suspends key compliance program | Internal Revenue Service (Commissioner Charles Rettig) | United StatesFederal | Mar. 25, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-GM-133 | American Bar Association, news release, "ABA urges states that cancel bar exams due to COVID-19 to consider emergency diploma privilege or supervised practice" (Chicago, Apr. 7, 2020)Bar admission examinations and swearing-in ceremonies (class): the licensing of the legal profession's new hires | State supreme courts and boards of law examiners; the National Conference of Bar Examiners | every jurisdictionOrganizer | Apr. 7, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-050 | P.L. 2020, c. 26An Act concerning remote notarial acts... using communication technology for the duration of the public health emergency and state of… | New Jersey Legislature (P.L. 2020, c. 26; A-3903) | New JerseyState | Apr. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-GM-033 | Organizer noticeBookExpo and BookCon 2020 (the publishing industry's trade show and consumer fair) | ReedPop (Reed Exhibitions) | New York (Javits Center), NYOrganizer | Apr. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-073 | Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce, Version 3.0CISA Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce, Version 3.0 (Apr. 17, 2020) | Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (DHS) | United StatesFederal | Apr. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-GM-124 | Comic-Con International, comic-con.org/cci as captured Apr. 20, 2020: "there will be no Comic-Con in 2020. The event will instead return to the San Diego Convention Center from July 22-25, 2021"San Diego Comic-Con International 2020 and Comic-Con Special Edition 2021 (the studios', publishers' and entertainment-marketing industry's… | San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con International) | San Diego (San Diego Convention Center), CAOrganizer | Apr. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-GM-048 | Cisco, Cisco Live US site as captured Apr. 18, 2020: Cisco Live 2020 "relaunched as a complimentary, full-scale digital event," June 2-3, 2020Cisco Live 2020 (US) | Cisco | Las Vegas, NVOrganizer | Apr. 18, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-004 | OMB/OPM Memorandum M-20-23Aligning Federal Agency Operations with the National Guidelines for Opening Up America Again | OMB and OPM (Acting Director Vought; Acting Director Michael Rigas) | United StatesFederal | Apr. 20, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4 | Telework mandateWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-048 | Act 15 of 2020 (S.B. 841)Act 15 of 2020: remote notarial acts (Subchapter D, 57 Pa.C.S. § 5731 et seq.), remote local government meetings, and related emergency… | General Assembly of Pennsylvania (Act of Apr. 20, 2020, P.L. 82, No. 15) | PennsylvaniaState | Apr. 20, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-015 | Proclamation 10014, 85 Fed. Reg. 23441 (Apr. 27, 2020)Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel… | President Donald J. Trump | United StatesFederal | Apr. 22, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Travel and quarantine | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-GM-105 | Cisco, Cisco Live US page as captured Apr. 24, 2020: "The Cisco Live 2020 digital event will gather the best and the brightest IT heroes... Join us for free - from your home"Cisco Live 2020 (US) | Cisco | Las Vegas, NVOrganizer | Apr. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-GM-109 | AICPA, ENGAGE 2020 site as captured Apr. 24, 2020: "We are happy to announce that ENGAGE 2020 will be an online-only event designed in three distinct parts"; "July 20-24, 2020 11am-5pm Eastern daily"AICPA ENGAGE 2020 and 2021 (the AICPA's flagship conference for CPAs, financial planners and firm leaders) | American Institute of CPAs | Las Vegas (Aria Resort and Casino), NVOrganizer | Apr. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-049 | Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2020An Act Providing for Virtual Notarization to Address Challenges Related to COVID-19 | General Court of Massachusetts | MassachusettsState | Apr. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-12-GM-121 | American Bar Association, news release, "American Bar Association transitions its 2020 Annual Meeting from in-person to virtual" (Washington, Apr. 30, 2020)ABA Annual Meeting 2020 and 2021 (with the House of Delegates, CLE Showcase and section meetings) | American Bar Association | Chicago, ILOrganizer | Apr. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |