Remain Mindful About Emergency Declarations
As cities implement their own methods to slow the spread of COVID-19, GMA encourages municipal leaders to remain mindful of unintended consequences of emergency declarations. For example, mandatory closing times, curfews or noise ordinances should not impair the delivery of goods to stores. This could prevent the after-hour restocking of stores (grocery stores, gas stations, convenience stores, etc.).
Please also consider those employees in a critical infrastructure industry, as defined by the Department of Homeland Security and includes healthcare services and pharmaceutical and food supply, who have a special responsibility to maintain their normal work schedule.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) developed an initial list of “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers” to help state and local officials as they work to protect their communities, while ensuring continuity of functions critical to public health and safety, as well as economic and national security. Click here to access the document, which lists workers who conduct a range of operations and services that are essential to continued critical infrastructure viability.
This list can also inform critical infrastructure community decision-making to determine the sectors, sub-sectors, segments, or critical functions that should continue normal operations, appropriately modified to account for CDC workforce and customer protection guidance.
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