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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-065	Coronavirus - Child Care page (archived Apr. 2, 2020): list of child care providers 'approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency' for personnel in life-sustaining positionsChild Care Centers - providers approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency	Pennsylvania DHS / OCDEL	Pennsylvania; Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (child-care licensing)Sector regulator	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child careOther	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-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-058	Press release, 'Statement from Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) Executive Director' (Mar. 3, 2020)Authority's statement on COVID-19 measures and daily communications with public health authorities, preceding the Commonwealth's gathering…	Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (Executive Director David Gibbons)	Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, MassachusettsState	Mar. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Events and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-083	DC DOC 'Coronavirus Prevention' page (as archived Mar. 28, 2020)All in-person visits, programming and volunteer activities suspended 'for the entirety of the Public Health Emergency'; modified movement…	DC Department of Corrections (Director Quincy Booth)	District of Columbia Department of Corrections; District (State-level) authorityState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venuesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-016	Recovering, Rebuilding, and Renewing: The Spirit of New York's Schools - Reopening Guidance (July 16, 2020)Reopening guidance for the 2020-21 school year: mandatory plan elements (health checks, distancing, face coverings, cleaning…	New York State Education Department (Interim Commissioner Shannon Tahoe) and the Board of Regents (Chancellor Betty A. Rosa)	New York State Education Department and Board of Regents; State levelState	July 16, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-065	VA announcement of Mar. 20, 2020: committal services and military funeral honors discontinued at all national cemeteries effective Mar. 23, 2020; witnesses limited to immediate family of no more than tenVA national cemeteries to adjust operations in response to COVID-19	Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration	United States (federal); Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery AdministrationFederal	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-076	N.C. State Fair statement, 'N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020' (fair dates Oct. 15-25, 2020 cancelled; livestock and horse shows held separately under NCDHHS recommendations), as captured Sept. 3, 2020N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020	N.C. State Fair, NCDA&CS (Commissioner Steve Troxler)	North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, N.C. State Fair (State agency)State	July 29, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-050	COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools (public version updated July 26, 2021)Requirements for the 2021-22 school year: face masks, COVID-19 point person, reporting of positive cases to PED by the next business day…	New Mexico Public Education Department (Secretary Ryan Stewart)	New Mexico Public Education Department (Secretary of Public Education); State levelState	July 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-023	MSIB 17-20On-Water Mass Gatherings - Recreational, Sporting, or Cause-Related Events	Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Waterways Policies and Activities Division (CG-WWM-1)	United States Coast Guard; nationwide (navigable waters)Federal	June 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venuesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-079	Port of Seattle COVID-19 Response Update (Apr. 10, 2020)Port of Seattle COVID-19 Response Update, April 10, 2020	Port of Seattle	Port of Seattle (a port district of King County, Washington, under Title 53 RCW), seaport and airportState	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-082	Port of Seattle COVID-19 Response Update (May 1, 2020)Port of Seattle COVID-19 Response Update, May 1, 2020	Port of Seattle	Port of Seattle (port district), seaport, marinas and airportState	May 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-071	SEVP Broadcast Message, Follow-up: ICE continues March Guidance for Fall School Term (July 24, 2020), superseding the July 6, 2020 modificationsBroadcast Message: Follow-up: ICE continues March Guidance for Fall School Term	SEVP	United States Department of Homeland Security, ICE, SEVP (federal agency)Federal	July 24, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineSchools and child care	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-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-046	Message to HISD parents on in-person or virtual instruction selection (Sept. 16, 2020)Virtual instruction for the first six weeks; families required to elect in-person or virtual instruction for the second six weeks beginning…	Houston ISD	Houston Independent School District, TexasCity	Sept. 16, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-051	Message from the Superintendent, 'FCPS Delays Additional Students Returning to School' (Nov. 16, 2020)Pause of Group 5 (Early Head Start, pre-K, kindergarten and select special-education students) return; Group 5 remains virtual until at…	Superintendent Scott Brabrand	Fairfax County Public Schools, VirginiaCounty	Nov. 16, 2020	2020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-074	Ohio Expositions Commission announcement, 'The 2020 Ohio State Fair has been canceled' (fair dates July 29 - Aug. 9, 2020)The 2020 Ohio State Fair has been canceled	Ohio Expositions Commission	Ohio Expositions Commission (State agency, Ohio Rev. Code ch. 991)State	May 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-075	Iowa State Fair announcement and FAQ, 'The 2020 Iowa State Fair has been postponed until 2021' (fair dates Aug. 13-23, 2020)The 2020 Iowa State Fair has been postponed until 2021 (Fair Updates FAQ)	Iowa State Fair Board	Iowa State Fair Board (State authority, Iowa Code ch. 173)State	June 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-005	Idaho Back to School Framework 2020 (as amended October 21, 2020)Idaho Back to School Framework 2020: expectations, guidelines and best practices for the 2020-21 school year by community transmission…	Idaho State Board of Education (approved July 9, 2020; amended October 21, 2020), with Governor Brad Little's letter	Idaho State Board of Education, with the Office of the Governor and the State Department of Education; State levelState	July 9, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child careWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read

Pennsylvania DHS / OCDEL, Coronavirus - Child Care page (archived Apr. 2, 2020): list of child care providers 'approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency' for personnel in life-sustaining positions (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-065)
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)
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (Executive Director David Gibbons), Press release, 'Statement from Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) Executive Director' (Mar. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-058)
DC Department of Corrections (Director Quincy Booth), DC DOC 'Coronavirus Prevention' page (as archived Mar. 28, 2020) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-083)
New York State Education Department (Interim Commissioner Shannon Tahoe) and the Board of Regents (Chancellor Betty A. Rosa), Recovering, Rebuilding, and Renewing: The Spirit of New York's Schools - Reopening Guidance (July 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-016)
Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, VA announcement of Mar. 20, 2020: committal services and military funeral honors discontinued at all national cemeteries effective Mar. 23, 2020; witnesses limited to immediate family of no more than ten (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-065)
N.C. State Fair, NCDA&CS (Commissioner Steve Troxler), N.C. State Fair statement, 'N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020' (fair dates Oct. 15-25, 2020 cancelled; livestock and horse shows held separately under NCDHHS recommendations), as captured Sept. 3, 2020 (July 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-076)
New Mexico Public Education Department (Secretary Ryan Stewart), COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools (public version updated July 26, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-050)
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Waterways Policies and Activities Division (CG-WWM-1), MSIB 17-20 (June 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-023)
Port of Seattle, Port of Seattle COVID-19 Response Update (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-079)
Port of Seattle, Port of Seattle COVID-19 Response Update (May 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-082)
SEVP, SEVP Broadcast Message, Follow-up: ICE continues March Guidance for Fall School Term (July 24, 2020), superseding the July 6, 2020 modifications (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-071)
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)
Houston ISD, Message to HISD parents on in-person or virtual instruction selection (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-046)
Superintendent Scott Brabrand, Message from the Superintendent, 'FCPS Delays Additional Students Returning to School' (Nov. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-051)
Ohio Expositions Commission, Ohio Expositions Commission announcement, 'The 2020 Ohio State Fair has been canceled' (fair dates July 29 - Aug. 9, 2020) (May 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-074)
Iowa State Fair Board, Iowa State Fair announcement and FAQ, 'The 2020 Iowa State Fair has been postponed until 2021' (fair dates Aug. 13-23, 2020) (June 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-075)
Idaho State Board of Education (approved July 9, 2020; amended October 21, 2020), with Governor Brad Little's letter, Idaho Back to School Framework 2020 (as amended October 21, 2020) (July 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-005)

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