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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-100	PennDOT 'Coronavirus Statewide' operations page, updated 10:00 a.m. Mar. 30, 2020: all Driver License and Photo License Centers closed from close of business Mar. 16, 2020 until further notice; driver licenses, photo IDs, learner's permits, CDLs, registrations, safety and emissions inspections and disability placards expiring Mar. 16-Apr. 30, 2020 extended to May 31, 2020; CDL downgrades for expired medical certificates paused under FMCSA waivers; driver exams through Apr. 3 cancelled; all district and county maintenance offices closed for two weeks; 'construction projects have been suspended in all counties until further notice'; rest areas and welcome centers closed statewide from 12:01 a.m. Mar. 17 with a list of reopened locations; motorcycle training clinics postponed; REAL ID issuance paused; Acting Secretary's order accepting electronic administrative-appeal filingsCoronavirus Statewide - PennDOT operational changes (Driver License Centers closed; expirations extended; maintenance offices closed…	Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Acting Secretary Yassmin Gramian	Pennsylvania (statewide: Driver License and Photo License Centers; district and county maintenance offices; construction projects; rest areas and welcome centers)State	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-049	President Judge Administrative Order No. 7 of 2020In re: Stay of Issuance of Residential Writs of Possession and Stay of Execution of Issued Residential Writs of Possession	President Judge Idee C. Fox and Administrative Judge Jacqueline F. Allen	First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County)Court	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-066	Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden CountyFreeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 16, 2020)	Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.)	Camden County, New JerseyCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-010	Executive Order No. 2020-001 (Subject: COVID-19)Executive Order 2020-001, COVID-19	Mayor William Peduto	City of Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-011	Executive Order No. 2020-002 (Subject: COVID-19)Executive Order 2020-002, COVID-19	Mayor William Peduto	City of Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-050	Operational Changes for Allegheny County (COVID-19) as posted March 17, 2020Operational Changes for Allegheny County	Allegheny County (County Executive Rich Fitzgerald; County departments), official web page	Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaCounty	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-084	Order declaring a general statewide judicial emergency, In re General Statewide Judicial Emergency, No. 531 Judicial Administration DocketIn re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Order (No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket)	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam)	PennsylvaniaCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-102	PennDOT release (Mar. 16, 2020)PennDOT Closes All Driver, Photo License Centers, Extends Expiration Dates and Suspends Construction in Response to COVID-19	Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)	PennsylvaniaSector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-048	Notice: First Judicial District Announces Plans for Temporary Closures Due to COVID-19First Judicial District Announces Plans for Temporary Closures Due to COVID-19	First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas and Municipal Court of Philadelphia)	First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)Court	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-050	Administrative Governing Board Order No. 9 of 2020In re: Declaration [of] Judicial Emergency	Idee C. Fox, President Judge, Chair, Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District	First Judicial District of PennsylvaniaCourt	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-047	Emergency Order No. 2020-01In re: Temporary Restrictions on Operations of the Court of Common Pleas of the Seventh Judicial District Due to Exigent Circumstances…	President Judge Wallace H. Bateman, Jr.	Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas, Seventh Judicial District)Court	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-086	Coronavirus Update: Montgomery County Offices Closed to the Public (Mar. 19, 2020)Coronavirus Update: Montgomery County Offices Closed to the Public	Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds (Jeanne Sorg) / County of Montgomery	Montgomery County, PennsylvaniaCounty	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-085	Administrative Order closing all Pennsylvania courts to the public (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket)In re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Order (courts closed to the public)	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam)	PennsylvaniaCourt	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-017	Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 26, 2020)In re: Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan, Administrative Docket, Order of Court	Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge	Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)Court	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-086	Supplemental Order - Common Pleas essential functions (non-exhaustive list), Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration DocketIn re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Supplemental Order	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam)	PennsylvaniaCourt	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-093	Department of State summary: Limited Suspension of In-person Regulatory Requirements for Notaries for Real Estate TransactionsNotaries In-person Limited Suspension (Mar. 25, 2020)	Department of State (suspension granted by Governor Wolf)	PennsylvaniaSector regulator	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-007	DRPA 'COVID-19 Travel Information & Updates': all-electronic (cashless) tolling at all four bridges effective 6:00 a.m. Mar. 26, 2020 until further notice; no collectors in lanes; toll invoices mailed to non-E-ZPass owners; customer-service voicemail onlyBridge Travel Information and COVID-19 Stay-At Home Orders - Cashless tolling only, effective 6 a.m. Thursday, 3/26	Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA)	Pennsylvania and New Jersey (Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry and Betsy Ross Bridges; PATCO)Sector regulator	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-068	Extension of the state of emergency (county offices closed indefinitely)Freeholder Board Extends State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 28, 2020)	Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Jonathan Young)	Camden County, New JerseyCounty	Mar. 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-051	Administrative Governing Board Order No. 24 of 2020In re: Continuation of Judicial Emergency	Idee C. Fox, President Judge, Chair, Administrative Governing Board	First Judicial District of PennsylvaniaCourt	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-087	Second Supplemental Order extending the general statewide judicial emergency and court closure through Apr. 30, 2020; jurors not to report; evictions, ejectments and executions on orders of possession stayed (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket)In re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Second Supplemental Order	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam)	PennsylvaniaCourt	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-096	Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Allows Remote Notarization of Some Documents During Coronavirus Emergency (estate planning and other records)Remote Notarization (Apr. 2, 2020)	Department of State (suspension granted by Governor Wolf)	PennsylvaniaSector regulator	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-019	Order of Court of April 6, 2020 extending the March 16, 2020 order that the Sheriff shall not execute writs of possessionEmergency Judicial Order, Administrative Docket (Writs of Possession)	Christine A. Ward, J.	Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Civil DivisionCourt	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-040	Lifeline Service Schedule (release of Apr. 7, 2020)SEPTA Moves to Reduced 'Lifeline Service Schedule' Effective Thursday, April 9 - Operations Focused on Essential Travel; For Health and…	SEPTA (General Manager Leslie S. Richards)	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) (Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties)Sector regulator	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-018	Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (April 2, 2020)In re: Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency, Order of Court	Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge	Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)Court	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-091	MTA press release, Nov. 17, 2020: regional 'Mask Force' with PANYNJ, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA; masks required by law on New York public transportation under EO 202.18 effective Apr. 17, 2020; $50 fine from Sept. 14, 2020; masks required at all Port Authority facilities; NJ TRANSIT face-covering requirement on vehicles, stations and platforms; SEPTA mask requirement (over 90 percent compliance); MTA voluntary employee screening programMTA Brings Port Authority, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA on Board with Regional Mask Force	Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Chairman Patrick J. Foye, with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA	New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania (MTA, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak, SEPTA)State	Nov. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Acting Secretary Yassmin Gramian, PennDOT 'Coronavirus Statewide' operations page, updated 10:00 a.m. Mar. 30, 2020: all Driver License and Photo License Centers closed from close of business Mar. 16, 2020 until further notice; driver licenses, photo IDs, learner's permits, CDLs, registrations, safety and emissions inspections and disability placards expiring Mar. 16-Apr. 30, 2020 extended to May 31, 2020; CDL downgrades for expired medical certificates paused under FMCSA waivers; driver exams through Apr. 3 cancelled; all district and county maintenance offices closed for two weeks; 'construction projects have been suspended in all counties until further notice'; rest areas and welcome centers closed statewide from 12:01 a.m. Mar. 17 with a list of reopened locations; motorcycle training clinics postponed; REAL ID issuance paused; Acting Secretary's order accepting electronic administrative-appeal filings (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-100)
President Judge Idee C. Fox and Administrative Judge Jacqueline F. Allen, President Judge Administrative Order No. 7 of 2020 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-049)
Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.), Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-066)
Mayor William Peduto, Executive Order No. 2020-001 (Subject: COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-010)
Mayor William Peduto, Executive Order No. 2020-002 (Subject: COVID-19) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-011)
Allegheny County (County Executive Rich Fitzgerald; County departments), official web page, Operational Changes for Allegheny County (COVID-19) as posted March 17, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-050)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Order declaring a general statewide judicial emergency, In re General Statewide Judicial Emergency, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-084)
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), PennDOT release (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-102)
First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas and Municipal Court of Philadelphia), Notice: First Judicial District Announces Plans for Temporary Closures Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-048)
Idee C. Fox, President Judge, Chair, Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District, Administrative Governing Board Order No. 9 of 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-050)
President Judge Wallace H. Bateman, Jr, Emergency Order No. 2020-01 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-047)
Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds (Jeanne Sorg) / County of Montgomery, Coronavirus Update: Montgomery County Offices Closed to the Public (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-086)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Administrative Order closing all Pennsylvania courts to the public (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. PA-085)
Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 26, 2020) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-017)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Supplemental Order - Common Pleas essential functions (non-exhaustive list), Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. PA-086)
Department of State (suspension granted by Governor Wolf), Department of State summary: Limited Suspension of In-person Regulatory Requirements for Notaries for Real Estate Transactions (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. PA-093)
Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), DRPA 'COVID-19 Travel Information & Updates': all-electronic (cashless) tolling at all four bridges effective 6:00 a.m. Mar. 26, 2020 until further notice; no collectors in lanes; toll invoices mailed to non-E-ZPass owners; customer-service voicemail only (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-007)
Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Jonathan Young), Extension of the state of emergency (county offices closed indefinitely) (Mar. 28, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-068)
Idee C. Fox, President Judge, Chair, Administrative Governing Board, Administrative Governing Board Order No. 24 of 2020 (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-051)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Second Supplemental Order extending the general statewide judicial emergency and court closure through Apr. 30, 2020; jurors not to report; evictions, ejectments and executions on orders of possession stayed (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. PA-087)
Department of State (suspension granted by Governor Wolf), Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Allows Remote Notarization of Some Documents During Coronavirus Emergency (estate planning and other records) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. PA-096)
Christine A. Ward, J, Order of Court of April 6, 2020 extending the March 16, 2020 order that the Sheriff shall not execute writs of possession (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-019)
SEPTA (General Manager Leslie S. Richards), Lifeline Service Schedule (release of Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-040)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (April 2, 2020) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-018)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Chairman Patrick J. Foye, with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA, MTA press release, Nov. 17, 2020: regional 'Mask Force' with PANYNJ, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA; masks required by law on New York public transportation under EO 202.18 effective Apr. 17, 2020; $50 fine from Sept. 14, 2020; masks required at all Port Authority facilities; NJ TRANSIT face-covering requirement on vehicles, stations and platforms; SEPTA mask requirement (over 90 percent compliance); MTA voluntary employee screening program (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-091)

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