OMB details requirements of Biden's new mask mandate for federal employees

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https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2021/01/omb-details-requirements-of-bidens-new-mask-mandate-for-federal-employees/

OMB details requirements of Biden’s new mask mandate for federal employees

By Nicole Ogrysko @nogryskoWFED
January 25, 2021 1:23 pm

Masks and social distancing are required inside all federal buildings, and agencies must make “every effort” to maximize telework and limit the number of employees in federal buildings to no more than 25% of normal capacity, the Office of Management and Budget said Sunday.

The new OMB guidance is part of the administration’s efforts to implement President Joe Biden’s new mask mandate executive order.

The order, which the president signed on his first day in office, requires all federal employees, contractors and members of the public to wear a mask while inside executive branch buildings or on federal lands. It also establishes a new “safer federal workforce” task force, led by the director of the Office of Personnel Management, the administrator of the General Services Administration and White House COVID-19 response coordinator.
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The new OMB guidance describes a series of “model safety principles,” which agencies should use to design COVID-19 workforce plans unique to their own organizations. Agencies have until the end of the week to submit plans to OMB and the new safety task force for review. The task force, OMB said, will next work with agencies to finalize those plans.

The safety principles are a starting point, said Aviva Aron-Dine, the new OMB executive associate director, and more guidance will come at a later date and as conditions evolve.
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As for COVID-19 testing, the CDC is developing a plan for the federal workforce and will share it with agencies once it’s available, OMB said.
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1. Make the freaking Senators and House Members comply with this.

It's freaking ridiculous that they aren't already doing this.