COVID-19: National News
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National News:
- This Is Where All 50 States Stand on Reopening (interactive tool by CNN, updated regularly)
- President Signs $484 Billion Coronavirus Relief Package (The Hill, 04/24/20)
- Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce (version 3.0, 04/17/20)
- Fed Unveils Details of $600B Main Street Lending Program for Businesses Hurt By Pandemic (ABS News, 04/09/20)
- Treasury and Federal Reserve Board Announce New and Expanded Lending Programs to Provide up to $2.3 Trillion in Financing (04/09/20)
- Treasury Encourages Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 to Use Employee Retention Credit (03/31/20)
- CARES Act Signed Into Law: Includes an Estimated $2 Trillion or More in Stimulus (GLGA member CliftonLarsonAllen; 03/27/20)
- President Signs $2 Trillion Coronavirus Economic Stimulus Package (USA Today, 03/27/20)
- Here’s What’s In the Historic Stimulus Package for Coronavirus (USA Today, 03/26/20)
- DOL Issues Model Notice for Families First Coronavirus Response Act (GLGA member Lindner & Marsack, 03/25/20)
- U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Guidance Explaining Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (03/24/20)
- President Signs the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (GLGA member Ogletree Deakins, 03/19/20)
- Treasury and IRS Extend Tax Payment Deadline to July 15, 2020 (IRS, 03/18/20)
- U.S. Department of Labor Announces New Guidance on Unemployment Insurance Flexibilities During COVID-19 Outbreak (US DOL, 03/12/20)
USPS:
- COVID-19’s Effect on the USPS and Direct Mail Marketing (Printing Impressions, 04/06/20)
- Postal Updates for Printers During COVID-19 (Printing Impressions, 04/01/20)
- COVID-19 Related Frequently Asked Questions for Business Mailers (USPS, 03/23/20)
- USPS Essential Services Letter (03/22/20, pdf download)
- USPS Statement on Coronavirus (USPS, 03/17/20)
Press Releases:
- Printers Added to Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers by Cyber Security and Infrastructure Agency (04/17/20)
- PIA Letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to Request Support for the USPS (03/24/20)
- PIA Demands That Print Be Considered Essential Service (03/20/20)
- COVID-19 Special Update: Advocacy Action Report (Printing Industries of America, 03/19/20)
