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• Biden Administration's National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness (January 21, 2021)
• President Biden Takes Aggressive and Immediate Action to Contain COVID-19 Crisis (January 21, 2021)
• Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing (January 20, 2021)
• Executive Order on Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government to Provide a Unified and Effective Response to Combat COVID-19 and to Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and Security (January 20, 2021)

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• Review and Comment by September 4: Preliminary Framwork for Allocating COVID Vaccine 
• CDC Releases series of guidance documents, filterable by audience / industry 
• U.S. Department of Labor Adopts Revised Enforcement Policies For Coronavirus (May 19, 2020)
• Washington Post: State-by-State Coronavirus-related stay-at-home orders, cancellations, closings and postponements (updated April 26, 2020)
• Senate Passes Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (April 21, 2020)
• CMS Releases Recommendations Re-opening Facilities to Provide Non-emergent Non-COVID-19 Healthcare: Phase I (April 19, 2020)
• FDA: Important Information on the Use of Serological (Antibody) Tests for COVID-19 - Letter to Health Care Providers (April 17, 2020)
• OSHA Enforcement Memo: Discretion in Enforcement when Considering an Employer's Good Faith Efforts During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (April 16, 2020)
• American Board of Preventive Medicine Reduces Transitional MOC Requirements in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak (April 10, 2020)
• FMCSA Extends Through May 15 Emergency Declaration Providing Regulatory Relief to Truck Drivers Who Transport Emergency Supplies During COVID-19 (April 8, 2020)
• OSHA Enforcement Memo: Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (April 8, 2020)
• CMS Letter to Clinicians and Summary of Actions (April 7, 2020)
• CDC Launches New Weekly COVID-19 Surveillance Report (April 4, 2020)
• CDC: Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19 (April 4, 2020)
• FMCSA: Statement on State and Local Shelter in Place and Other Restrictions on Movement Relating to COVID-19 (April 1, 2020)
• FDA Continues to Accelerate Development of Novel Therapies for COVID-19 (March 31, 2020)
• Updated Guidelines: 30 Days to Slow the Spread (March 31, 2020)
• ACEP Strongly Supports Emergency Physicians who Advocate for Safer Working Conditions amidst Pandemic (March 30, 2020)
• IRS Economic impact payments: What you need to know (March 30, 2020)
• CDC Issues Domestic Travel Advisory for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut (March 28, 2020)
• Letter from HHS Secretary Azar to Governors Requesting Assistance in Expanding the Capacity of Health Care Workforce During COVID-19 Pandemic (March 25, 2020)
• CAOHC Recommends Audiometric Evaluations be Suspended Indefinitely (March 24, 2020)
• DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration CDL Waiver (March 24, 2020)
• FDA takes action to increase U.S. supplies through instructions for PPE and device manufacturers (March 24, 2020)
• Temporary Non-Enforcement Period Applicable to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) (March  24, 2020)
• U.S. DOT / FMCSA Waiver in Response to the COVID-19 Emergency – For States, CDL Holders, CLP Holders, and Interstate Drivers Operating Commercial Motor Vehicles (March 24, 2020)
• CMS Approves Medicaid Section 1135 Waivers for 11 Additional States in Response to COVID-19 (March 23, 2020)
• DOT Issues Guidance on Compliance with Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations (March 23, 2020)
• OCR Issues Guidance on Telehealth Remote Communications Following Its Notification of Enforcement Discretion (March 20, 2020)
• FDA and EMA Collaborate to Facilitate SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Development (March 18, 2020)
• White House Coronavirus Task Force Guidance: 15 Days to Slow the Spread (March 16, 2020)
• U.S. Department of Labor Issues Temporary Enforcement Guidance for Respirator Fit-Testing in Healthcare during COVID-19 Outbreak (updated March 14, 2020)
• Why Outbreaks Like Coronavirus Spread Exponentially,  and How to "Flatten the Curve" (Washington Post)  (March 14, 2020)
• Federal Funding for COVID-19: H.R. 6074, CORONAVIRUS PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020