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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-073	Frequently Asked Questions for SEVP Stakeholders about COVID-19 (first issued Mar. 2020; version with updates through May 31, 2022, including 'Clarifying Questions for the 2021-22 Academic Year Based on the March 2020 Guidance')Frequently Asked Questions for SEVP Stakeholders about COVID-19	SEVP	United States Department of Homeland Security, ICE, SEVP (federal agency)Federal	July 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineSchools and child care	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-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-045	Message to HISD parents regarding COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2020)Closure of all schools and district offices March 13 through March 30, 2020	Houston ISD (Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan)	Houston Independent School District, Texas (independent school district)City	Mar. 12, 2020		Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-107	LED Bulletin 20-02, Lawful Product Returns for Event Cancellations Attributable to COVID-19 ConcernsBulletin 20-02: Lawful Product Returns For Event Cancellations Attributable to COVID-19 Concerns	Colorado Department of Revenue, Liquor Enforcement Division	Colorado (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Events and venuesSupply chainOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
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-TRADE-BOARDS-007	Press release: TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat (temporary distance education; cancellation of licensed combative sports events; advisory board meetings cancelled)TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat: Agency Approves Temporary Distance Learning, Cancels Events and Meetings	Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Executive Director Brian E. Francis)	Texas; Texas Department of Licensing and RegulationSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venuesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031	NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021)Latest Information on COVID-19 Response (NCEES)	NCEES	All States; National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (the council of the State engineering and surveying licensing boards, which administers the FE, PE, FS and PS examinations for every board)Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-032	News release: NCEES responds to COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020 paper-and-pencil exam administration cancelled; all NCEES meetings Mar. 15-May 2 cancelled)NCEES responds to COVID-19 pandemic	NCEES	All States; NCEESSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venuesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-011	News release, 'PGCPS to Temporarily Close Following COVID-19 Announcement' (Mar. 12, 2020)Closure of all PGCPS schools March 16 through March 27, 2020	Prince George's County Public Schools (Chief Executive Officer Monica Goldson), implementing State Superintendent Karen Salmon's closure announcement of March 12, 2020	Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland (county school system)County	Mar. 12, 2020		Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-072	Port Tampa Bay notice, Port Tampa Bay announces COVID-19 related cancellations (Mar. 16, 2020)Port Tampa Bay announces COVID-19 related cancellations	Port Tampa Bay	Port Tampa Bay (Tampa Port Authority)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capTravel and quarantineEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-012	News release, 'California State Parks Temporarily Closes All Campgrounds in the State Park System'California State Parks Temporarily Closes All Campgrounds in the State Park System: Non-campground outdoor areas of parks, including trails…	California State Parks	California Department of Parks and Recreation (State agency)State	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-026	Press release: Gaming Control Board Suspends Gaming Operations For All CasinosBoard instructs the six casinos still open to conclude all gaming activities and patron entry by 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2020 (the…	Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board	Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureEvents and venues	Primary source read
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-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-070	Coronavirus Update - ARE 5.0 (chronology from March 2020: Prometric test centers closed; ARE appointments cancelled; seat credits; masks required at test centers; online proctoring launched Nov. 16, 2020; continued closures and short-notice cancellations into 2021)Coronavirus Update--ARE 5.0 (updated Feb. 3-4, 2021)	NCARB	All States; National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (council of the 55 architectural licensing boards; administers the Architect Registration Examination)Sector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
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-DEFENSE-GUARD-103	COVID-19: Service reductions, closures, cancellations, updates (running notice, published Apr. 16, 2020; first posted Mar. 20, 2020)COVID-19: Service reductions, closures, cancellations, updates	96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB (published on eglin.af.mil)	Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (96th Test Wing)Federal	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hours	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-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-089	MTA press release, Aug. 18, 2020: front-door boarding and fare collection resume on all local and SBS buses Aug. 31, 2020; rear-door boarding had been implemented Mar. 23, 2020; polycarbonate operator barriers on 4,800 local buses; seat behind the operator blocked; forgone bus fares of $159 million; Bridge and Tunnel Officers and EAGLE teams to enforce fare payment and mask requirementMTA Announces Front-Door Boarding and Fare Collection to Resume on All Local and SBS Buses Beginning Monday, August 31	Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA); New York City Transit; MTA Bus Company	New York (New York City; all MTA local and Select Bus Service buses)State	Aug. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-142	FAQ: COVID-19 Impacts to Basic Military Training and Technical Training (Mar. 24, 2020)FAQ: COVID-19 impacts to BMT and technical training	37th Training Wing Public Affairs, JBSA	Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas (37th Training Wing)Federal	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-044	Guidance: Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (Mar. 25, 2020; revised Apr. 2020, May 2020, Sept. 2021; superseded Sept. 5, 2023)Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency	Food and Drug Administration, CDRH	United States (federal); Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological HealthFederal	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementSupply chainOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-038	News release, 'State COVID-19 Temporary Testing Site Opens at Orange County Convention Center' (Mar. 24, 2020)Conversion of the Center's North Concourse parking lot to a State drive-through testing site from March 25, 2020	Orange County Government with the Florida Division of Emergency Management	Orange County Convention Center (Orange County Government), FloridaCounty	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureHealth care ordersEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-039	NMAA release, '2020 State Spirit, Spring Sports, & Activities Cancelled' (March 27, 2020)Cancellation of the 2020 State Spirit Championships, the spring sports season and all remaining activities for the 2019-20 year, including…	New Mexico Activities Association Board of Directors, reciting Secretary of Public Education Ryan Stewart	New Mexico Activities Association (statewide association of member schools), acting on the New Mexico Public Education Department's closure directive; State levelState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-160	Release, Fort Worth District Evaluates Sites for Use as Alternate Care Facilities (Mar. 29, 2020)Fort Worth District evaluates sites for use as alternate care facilities	USACE Fort Worth District	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District (Texas alternate care facilities)Federal	Mar. 29, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source

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)
SEVP, Frequently Asked Questions for SEVP Stakeholders about COVID-19 (first issued Mar. 2020; version with updates through May 31, 2022, including 'Clarifying Questions for the 2021-22 Academic Year Based on the March 2020 Guidance') (July 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-073)
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)
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 (Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan), Message to HISD parents regarding COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-045)
Colorado Department of Revenue, Liquor Enforcement Division, LED Bulletin 20-02, Lawful Product Returns for Event Cancellations Attributable to COVID-19 Concerns (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-107)
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)
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Executive Director Brian E. Francis), Press release: TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat (temporary distance education; cancellation of licensed combative sports events; advisory board meetings cancelled) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-007)
NCEES, NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031)
NCEES, News release: NCEES responds to COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020 paper-and-pencil exam administration cancelled; all NCEES meetings Mar. 15-May 2 cancelled) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-032)
Prince George's County Public Schools (Chief Executive Officer Monica Goldson), implementing State Superintendent Karen Salmon's closure announcement of March 12, 2020, News release, 'PGCPS to Temporarily Close Following COVID-19 Announcement' (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-011)
Port Tampa Bay, Port Tampa Bay notice, Port Tampa Bay announces COVID-19 related cancellations (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-072)
California State Parks, News release, 'California State Parks Temporarily Closes All Campgrounds in the State Park System' (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-012)
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Press release: Gaming Control Board Suspends Gaming Operations For All Casinos (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-026)
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)
NCARB, Coronavirus Update - ARE 5.0 (chronology from March 2020: Prometric test centers closed; ARE appointments cancelled; seat credits; masks required at test centers; online proctoring launched Nov. 16, 2020; continued closures and short-notice cancellations into 2021) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-070)
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)
96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB (published on eglin.af.mil), COVID-19: Service reductions, closures, cancellations, updates (running notice, published Apr. 16, 2020; first posted Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-103)
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)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA); New York City Transit; MTA Bus Company, MTA press release, Aug. 18, 2020: front-door boarding and fare collection resume on all local and SBS buses Aug. 31, 2020; rear-door boarding had been implemented Mar. 23, 2020; polycarbonate operator barriers on 4,800 local buses; seat behind the operator blocked; forgone bus fares of $159 million; Bridge and Tunnel Officers and EAGLE teams to enforce fare payment and mask requirement (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-089)
37th Training Wing Public Affairs, JBSA, FAQ: COVID-19 Impacts to Basic Military Training and Technical Training (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-142)
Food and Drug Administration, CDRH, Guidance: Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (Mar. 25, 2020; revised Apr. 2020, May 2020, Sept. 2021; superseded Sept. 5, 2023) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-044)
Orange County Government with the Florida Division of Emergency Management, News release, 'State COVID-19 Temporary Testing Site Opens at Orange County Convention Center' (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-038)
New Mexico Activities Association Board of Directors, reciting Secretary of Public Education Ryan Stewart, NMAA release, '2020 State Spirit, Spring Sports, & Activities Cancelled' (March 27, 2020) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-039)
USACE Fort Worth District, Release, Fort Worth District Evaluates Sites for Use as Alternate Care Facilities (Mar. 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-160)

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