| Ex. MET-BOS-054 | Memorandum: Phased lifting of COVID construction restrictions (Somerville construction suspension and restart schedule)Phased lifting of COVID construction restrictions, 7 May 2020 | Infrastructure and Asset Management (IAM) with Inspectional Services Department and OSPCD, City of Somerville (implementing the Mayor and Board of Health construction order) | City of Somerville, MassachusettsCity | May 7, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-170 | Executive Order - Public Health Curfew Rescission (withdrawing the citywide 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. curfew)Citywide Curfew Repealed Effective January 25th at 5:00 AM (brockton.ma.us news) | Mayor Robert F. Sullivan | City of Brockton (Plymouth County), MassachusettsCity | Jan. 22, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Curfew and hoursOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-09-026 | Letter to All Interested/Affected Parties: incremental expansion of allowed constructionBoston phased construction restart (May 5, May 18, May 26, 2020) | Patrick I. Brophy, Chief of Operations, Office of the Mayor | City of BostonCity | May 5, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-004 | Temporary Guidance for Construction in the City of Boston (the Boston construction moratorium)Temporary Guidance for Construction in the City of Boston, March 16, 2020 | City of Boston (Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Inspectional Services Department; Public Works Department) | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Mar. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-007 | City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubsPublic health emergency declared, details for BPS, restrictions for restaurants, bars, clubs (boston.gov, March 15, 2020) | Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Mar. 15, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declarationCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-014 | Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Updated COVID-19 Operational ProtocolsThe Licensing Board for the City of Boston's Advisory Regarding Updated COVID-19 Operational Protocols | Licensing Board for the City of Boston (under Acting Mayor Kim Janey) | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 23, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-016 | City of Boston announcement extending the modified Phase 2 Step 2 restrictions for at least three more weeksModified Phase 2, Step 2 of reopening plan extended in Boston (boston.gov, January 5, 2021) | Mayor Martin J. Walsh (announcing continuation of the BPHC order of Dec. 14, 2020) | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Jan. 5, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and bars | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-017 | City of Boston announcement: Boston enters a modified Phase 3, Step 2 on March 1, 2021 with exceptionsBoston will enter modified version of Phase 3, Step 2 of the State's reopening plan on Monday (boston.gov, February 26, 2021) | Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Chief of Health and Human Services Marty Martinez | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Feb. 26, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venues | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-041 | City of Boston COVID-19 vaccination verification or weekly testing policy for City employees, onsite contractors and volunteersVaccination mandate announced for City of Boston employees (boston.gov, August 16, 2021) | Acting Mayor Kim Janey (City of Boston as employer of 18,000 workers) | City of Boston, MassachusettsCity | Aug. 16, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Workplace rulesVaccination or testing | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-160 | Emergency Order Regarding Use of Face Coverings in the Downtown B-5 District and All City Owned ParksCity of Salem, Massachusetts, Board of Health, Emergency Order Regarding Use of Face Coverings in the Downtown B-5 District and All City… | Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem (David Greenbaum, Health Agent) | City of Salem (Essex County), MassachusettsCity | July 17, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-161 | Emergency Order for the month of October 2020: Step 2 of Phase III postponed; table capacity remains six; pedestrian mall restrictions; local traveler formEmergency Order - October 2020: Step 2 Reopening Postponed; Table Capacity Remains 6; Pedestrian Mall Area Restrictions; Local Traveler Form… | Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem | City of Salem, MassachusettsCity | Oct. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venues | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-162 | Emergency Order requiring face coverings in essential businesses, on employees, in building common areas; retail occupancy limits; ice cream trucks prohibitedAdditional Emergency Order from the Salem Board of Health (April 9, 2020) | Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem (David Greenbaum, Health Agent) | City of Salem, MassachusettsCity | Apr. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-171 | Emergency Order Regarding Personal Care Services (closure after March 22, 2020)Emergency Order Regarding Personal Care Services (brockton.ma.us news, March 2020) | City of Brockton (Mayor and Board of Health) | City of Brockton, MassachusettsCity | Mar. 22, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closure | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-09-024 | Temporary Guidance for Construction in the City of Boston (construction moratorium)Boston non-essential construction pause | Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Inspectional Services Department; Public Works Department | City of BostonCity | Mar. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closure | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-16-GM-004 | Organizer noticeBoston Marathon and the B.A.A. Official Charity Program (the nonprofit sector's largest single-day fundraising event in New England) | Boston Athletic Association | Hopkinton to Boston, MAOrganizer | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-16-GM-005 | Organizer noticeBoston Marathon and the B.A.A. Official Charity Program (the nonprofit sector's largest single-day fundraising event in New England) | Boston Athletic Association | Hopkinton to Boston, MAOrganizer | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-16-GM-031 | Organizer noticeBoston Marathon and the B.A.A. Official Charity Program (the nonprofit sector's largest single-day fundraising event in New England) | Boston Athletic Association | Hopkinton to Boston, MAOrganizer | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-16-GM-032 | Organizer noticeBoston Marathon and the B.A.A. Official Charity Program (the nonprofit sector's largest single-day fundraising event in New England) | Boston Athletic Association | Hopkinton to Boston, MAOrganizer | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-21-GM-029 | BAA 124th Boston Marathon Postponed to September 14Boston Marathon (124th, April 20, 2020; 125th, April 19, 2021) | Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) with the City of Boston | Hopkinton to Boston, MAOrganizer | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-21-GM-031 | BAA 2021 Boston Marathon Not in April Road Races Prohibited Until Phase 4Boston Marathon (124th, April 20, 2020; 125th, April 19, 2021) | Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) with the City of Boston | Hopkinton to Boston, MAOrganizer | Oct. 28, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-059 | News item republished by the Authority, 'Boston convention centers set to reopen for events at full capacity' (May 19, 2021)Convention centers cleared to reopen at full capacity from May 29, 2021 | Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (republishing a Boston Herald report) | Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, MassachusettsState | May 19, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Capacity limitEvents and venues | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-06-GM-041 | AP via Boston.com, 'The 2020 Boston Marathon has been canceled' (May 28, 2020), quoting the B.A.A.Boston Marathon 2020 | Boston Athletic Association; City of Boston | Boston (and Hopkinton to Boston course), MAOrganizer | May 28, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-22-GM-017 | B.A.A. homepage: '124th Boston Marathon will be virtual' (capture June 4-5, 2020)Boston Marathon 2020 and 2021 (the B.A.A.'s race; tents, staging, barricades, generators and vehicles along 26.2 miles and at the Expo) | Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) | Boston (Hopkinton to Boston), MAOrganizer | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |