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Energy Dept. Publishes Return-to-Work Guidelines

Tuesday, May 19th, 2020

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Energy Dept. Publishes Return-to-Work Guidelines

The Department of Energy late Monday published the framework that its employees and support services contractors will use to plan their return to federal sites and offices during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The civilian agency manages nuclear weapons design and production sites through its semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration. DoE's framework quantifies that there are four phases in the oft-discussed federal “phased approach” to reopening: phase 0 through phase 3. Phase 0, which applies to many facilities now, means conducting…

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