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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-053	USCIS alert, USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1 (posted Mar. 17, 2020; effective Mar. 18, 2020)USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1	USCIS	United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	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. ECO-C-121	USCIS alert of March 17, 2020: 'USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1'Suspension of in-person services at field offices, asylum offices and Application Support Centers	U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services	United StatesFederal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-324	USCIS alert of Mar. 17, 2020: USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public (Mar. 18 - Apr. 1, 2020), extended to May 3 and then to June 3, 2020USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18 - April 1	U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services	United States (all USCIS field offices, asylum offices and Application Support Centers)Federal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-387	NPS news release of Mar. 18, 2020: National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees (with the accompanying direction that superintendents modify operations and close facilities)National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees	Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt; National Park Service	United States (National Park System)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-078	Temporary Closure of Two Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures (Mar. 19, 2020): Region 8 (Cleveland), Region 15 (New Orleans)Temporary Closure of Two Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures	National Labor Relations Board	National Labor Relations Board (independent federal agency)Federal	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	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. ECO-A-125	Memorandum on Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19 Response, Version 1.0 (Mar. 19, 2020)CISA Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce guidance, Version 1.0	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security (Director Christopher C. Krebs)	United StatesFederal	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closure	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-08-001	Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce, version 1.0Memorandum on Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19 Response	DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Christopher C. Krebs, Director)	United StatesFederal	Mar. 19, 2020		Business closureOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-037	Memorandum for Defense Industrial Base, Defense Industrial Base Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce (Mar. 20, 2020)Defense Industrial Base Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce	Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen M. Lord	Defense Industrial Base (all DoD prime contractors and subcontractors)Federal	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Business closureWorkplace rulesSupply chain	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-DEFENSE-GUARD-135	Memorandum for All DoD Personnel, Message to the Force - COVID-19 Response (Mar. 20, 2020) (copy posted by JBLM)Message to the Force - COVID-19 Response	Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper	Department of Defense (all DoD personnel)Federal	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-060	Suspension of Routine Visa Services (Mar. 20, 2020)Suspension of Routine Visa Services	Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs	United States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Business closureTravel and quarantineCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-090	Updates on NLRB Office Closures (Mar. 20, 2020): Region 20 (San Francisco) and Region 27 (Denver)Updates on NLRB Office Closures	National Labor Relations Board	National Labor Relations Board (independent federal agency)Federal	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	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-DEFENSE-GUARD-106	Release, Partnering with the U.S. Defense Industrial Base to Combat COVID-19 (Mar. 22, 2020)Partnering with the U.S. Defense Industrial Base to Combat COVID-19	Department of Defense (statement attributed to Lt. Col. Mike Andrews)	Department of Defense (Defense Industrial Base)Federal	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSupply chain	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-091	Updates on Temporary NLRB Office Closures (Mar. 23, 2020): Region 28 (Phoenix)Updates on Temporary NLRB Office Closures	National Labor Relations Board	National Labor Relations Board (independent federal agency)Federal	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-391	USDA announcement of Mar. 23, 2020: USDA Service Centers Open for Business by Phone Appointment OnlyUSDA Service Centers Open for Business by Phone Appointment Only	U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Production and Conservation mission area	United States (all USDA Service Centers: FSA, NRCS, Rural Development)Federal	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. SEC-13-001	Statement by Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin on Essential Financial Services Workers (press release SM956), transmitting the memorandum Financial Services Sector Essential Critical Infrastructure WorkersStatement by Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin on Essential Financial Services Workers	Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin	United StatesFederal	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Business closureOther	Primary source read
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

USCIS, USCIS alert, USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1 (posted Mar. 17, 2020; effective Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-053)
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)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS alert of March 17, 2020: 'USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1' (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-121)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS alert of Mar. 17, 2020: USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public (Mar. 18 - Apr. 1, 2020), extended to May 3 and then to June 3, 2020 (Ex. FED-324)
Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt; National Park Service, NPS news release of Mar. 18, 2020: National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees (with the accompanying direction that superintendents modify operations and close facilities) (Ex. FED-387)
National Labor Relations Board, Temporary Closure of Two Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures (Mar. 19, 2020): Region 8 (Cleveland), Region 15 (New Orleans) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-078)
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)
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security (Director Christopher C. Krebs), Memorandum on Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19 Response, Version 1.0 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. ECO-A-125)
DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Christopher C. Krebs, Director), Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce, version 1.0 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-08-001)
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen M. Lord, Memorandum for Defense Industrial Base, Defense Industrial Base Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-037)
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)
Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, Memorandum for All DoD Personnel, Message to the Force - COVID-19 Response (Mar. 20, 2020) (copy posted by JBLM) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-135)
Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Suspension of Routine Visa Services (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-060)
National Labor Relations Board, Updates on NLRB Office Closures (Mar. 20, 2020): Region 20 (San Francisco) and Region 27 (Denver) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-090)
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)
Department of Defense (statement attributed to Lt. Col. Mike Andrews), Release, Partnering with the U.S. Defense Industrial Base to Combat COVID-19 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-106)
National Labor Relations Board, Updates on Temporary NLRB Office Closures (Mar. 23, 2020): Region 28 (Phoenix) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-091)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Production and Conservation mission area, USDA announcement of Mar. 23, 2020: USDA Service Centers Open for Business by Phone Appointment Only (Ex. FED-391)
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)
Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, Statement by Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin on Essential Financial Services Workers (press release SM956), transmitting the memorandum Financial Services Sector Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. SEC-13-001)
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)

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