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The Latest Update from the White House
Under President Trump’s all-of-America response, private-sector companies across the country
have reallocated resources and expanded manufacturing to aid in COVID-19 response efforts.
• “The people of our country are warriors. With your help, we will vanquish the virus and
build a future of greatness and glory.” – President Trump
• Today, President Trump traveled to Phoenix, Arizona to visit Honeywell’s repurposed
aerospace facility, which is now producing face masks.
o Honeywell is expected to produce over 20 million N95 masks in total and is
hiring 500 new employees in Phoenix for the operations.
• Through the Defense Production Act and public-private partnerships, President Trump
has effectively spurred private sector action, secured critical medical supplies, and swiftly
increased our testing capacity.
o President Trump leveraged the DPA to help manufacture 40 million swabs for
expanded testing and to increase ventilator production.
Additionally, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Small Business Administration released
additional guidance regarding the Paycheck Protection Program:
• Summary of Paycheck Protection Program Round 2 Data
• Frequently Asked Questions
Treasury also updated guidance on the CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) yesterday to
include answers to additional Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), including covering first
responder payroll expenses.
Assistance for Small Businesses
The Paycheck Protection Program is providing small businesses with the resources they need to
maintain their payroll, hire back employees who may have been laid off, and cover applicable
overhead.
Program Overview
• Top-line Overview of PPP
• SBA Paycheck Protection Program Loan Report
• SBA Paycheck Protection Program Loan Report Round 2 – Updated 5/3
• Summary of Paycheck Protection Program Round 2 Data – Updated 5/5
For Borrowers
• More information
• Search Tool: Find an Eligible Lender
• Borrower Application Form
• Applicable Affiliation Rules
• How to Calculate Loan Amounts
For Lenders
• More information
• Lender Application Form
• Lender Application Form for Federally Insured Depository Institutions, Federally Insured
Credit Unions, and Farm Credit System Institutions
• Lender Application Form for Non-Bank and Non-Insured Depository Institution Lenders
1• SBA Procedural Guidance on Participation Sales
• Lender Assistance Hotline: (833) 572-0502
Program Rules
• Frequently Asked Questions – Updated 5/5
• Interim Final Rule 1
• Interim Final Rule on Applicable Affiliation Rules
• Interim Final Rule on Additional Eligibility Criteria and Requirements for Certain
Pledges of Loans
• Interim Final Rule on Requirements for Promissory Notes, Authorizations, Affiliation,
and Eligibility
• Interim Final Rule on Additional Criterion for Seasonal Employers
• Interim Final Rule on Disbursements
• Interim Final Rule on Corporate Groups and Non-Bank and Non-Insured Depository
Institution Lenders
For more information and updates, visit Treasury.gov/CARES and
SBA.gov/PayCheckProtection.
Assistance for American Workers and Families
• Assistance for American Workers and Families
• Preserving Jobs for American Industry
How to Help – If you or your organization are interested in helping the effort to combat the
spread of COVID-19, FEMA has established a website (www.fema.gov/coronavirus/how-to-
help) with more information. Examples for the private sector include:
• To sell medical supplies or equipment to the federal government, please submit a price
quote under the COVID-19 PPE and Medical Supplies Request for Quotation. Full details
can be found in the solicitation (Notice ID 70FA2020R00000011).
o This solicitation requires registration with the System for Award Management
(SAM) in order to be considered for award, pursuant to applicable regulations and
guidelines. Registration information can be found at www.sam.gov. Registration
must be “ACTIVE” at the time of award.
o After you have completed a questionnaire that is linked in the Request for
Proposal/Request for Quote you will be prompted to submit a formal bid.
• If you have medical supplies or equipment to donate, please provide us details on what
you are offering.
• If you or someone you know represent a hospital or healthcare provider in need of
medical supplies, please contact your state, local, tribal or territory department of public
health and/or emergency management agency.
• If you are interested in doing business with FEMA and supporting the response to
COVID- 19 with your company’s non-medical goods and/or services, please submit your
inquiry to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Procurement Action Innovative
Response Team (PAIR) team at DHSIndustryLiaison@hq.dhs.gov.
• If you would like to meet with a federal agency regarding a vaccine, diagnostic,
therapeutic or other medical device that you are developing for SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-
19, please go to medicalcountermeasures.gov.
2• For all others issues related to the private sector, please e-mail nbeoc@max.gov or visit
our National Business Emergency Operations Center page.
If you are a healthcare worker and would like to volunteer to assist in New York City, please
find more information here.
For additional information, please visit FEMA’s website: https://www.fema.gov/coronavirus/.
Guidelines for Opening Up America Again
President Trump has unveiled Guidelines for Opening Up America Again, a three-phased
approach based on the advice of public health experts. These steps will help state and local
officials when reopening their economies, getting people back to work, and continuing to protect
American lives. Please click here for more information: Guidelines for Opening Up America
Again
• Testing Overview (HERE)
• Testing Blueprint (HERE)
• Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces, Workplaces, Businesses, Schools
and Homes (HERE)
White House COVID-19 Updates
• President Trump Delivers Remarks at Honeywell International Inc. Mask Production
Facility (VIDEO)
• President Donald J. Trump is Protecting the Native American Community as We Combat
the Coronavirus (FACT SHEET, VIDEO)
• Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure (REMARKS, VIDEO)
• Remarks by President Trump Before Air Force One Departure (REMARKS, VIDEO)
• Statement from the Press Secretary on First Lady Melania Trump’s donation of 150
boxed lunches to the patients and staff of Children’s Inn at the National Institute of
Health (HERE)
• Readout from First Lady Melania Trump’s calls with Teachers in Honor of National
Teacher Day (HERE)
• Daily 1600: President Trump Visits Repurposed Factory in Arizona (HERE)
• West Wing Reads: China’s Coronavirus Lies Pile Up (HERE)
Joint Statement by Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin and Secretary of the Interior
David L. Bernhardt on Distribution of Coronavirus Relief Fund Dollars to Native
American Tribes (HERE)
• “We are pleased to begin making $4.8 billion in critical funds available to Tribal
governments in all states,” said Secretary Mnuchin. “Our approach is based on the fair
balancing of tribal needs.”
Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Modify Liquidity Coverage Ratio for Banks
Participating In Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility and Paycheck Protection
Program Liquidity Facility (HERE)
• To support the flow of credit to households and businesses, the federal bank regulatory
agencies today announced an interim final rule that modifies the agencies' Liquidity
3Coverage Ratio (LCR) rule to support banking organizations' participation in the Federal
Reserve's Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility and the Paycheck Protection
Program Liquidity Facility.
IRS Retools Settlement Days Program in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic; Allows
Unrepresented Taxpayers to Settle Their Cases Virtually and Reach Finality (HERE)
• The Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel today announced the Settlement
Days program will continue remotely enabling unrepresented taxpayers to work towards
resolving their pending United States Tax Court case despite "stay-at-home" orders in
many jurisdictions. The first two events are for docketed cases with place of trial in
Detroit or Atlanta. Future events may be scheduled in other cities throughout the United
States.
HUD Increases and Expands Flexibility of Funds for Public Housing Authorities To Fight
Covid-19 (HERE)
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson today
announced the allocation of $380 million in supplemental administrative fee funding to
all Public Housing Authorities (PHA), including Moving to Work (MTW) PHAs. The
two months of additional funding may be used for traditional administrative fees as well
as for new costs related to protecting assisted families and employees throughout this
coronavirus pandemic. The funding, made available by the CARES Act legislation
President Trump signed into law on March 27, 2020, will be awarded to PHAs across the
Nation.
U.S. Department of Labor Provides Additional Flexibility for Dislocated Worker Grants,
Allowing Awardees to Use Funds for Contact Tracing (HERE)
• The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG)
funding made available to states and territories to employ workers temporarily to respond
to the coronavirus public health emergency can be used for contact tracing. Contact
tracing is part of the process of supporting patients and warning contacts of exposure to
stop chains of transmission.
U.S. Department of Labor Provides Additional Guidance and Assistance to States’
Unemployment Insurance Programs (HERE)
• The U.S. Department of Labor today responded to specific state requests seeking
assistance to administer changes to unemployment insurance (UI) programs made by the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Emergency
Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act in the Families First Coronavirus
Response Act (FFCRA).
Census Bureau to Resume Some 2020 Census Field Operations in Select Locations (HERE)
• The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with federal, state and local health officials, will
begin a phased restart of some 2020 Census field operations in select geographic areas
this week.
4Two Charged in Rhode Island with Stimulus Fraud (HERE)
• Two businessmen have been charged in the District of Rhode Island with allegedly filing
bank loan applications fraudulently seeking more than a half-million dollars in forgivable
loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Cyber Warning Issued for Key Healthcare Organizations in UK and USA (HERE)
• Security agencies in the United Kingdom and United States have exposed malicious
cyber campaigns targeting organizations involved in the coronavirus response – and
given tips to stay safe.
Meals to You to Serve 5 Million Meals a Week to Rural Children (HERE)
• Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a major expansion of
Meals to You, USDA’s innovative partnership with the Baylor University Collaborative
on Hunger and Poverty, McLane Global, and PepsiCo, to feed low-income kids in rural
areas. The initiative will now serve nearly 5 million meals per week to rural children
impacted by COVID-19-related school closures – five times its original goal.
USDA Invests $23 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural New Mexico (HERE)
• U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced during a virtual press
conference that USDA is investing $23 million for three recipients in New Mexico to
provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas. These investments
are part of USDA’s round one investments made through the ReConnect Pilot Program.
USDA Approves Program to Feed Kids in Maine, North Dakota, West Virginia, and
Vermont (HERE)
• U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Maine, North Dakota, West
Virginia, and Vermont have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit
Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response
Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of
children eligible for free or reduced-price meals dealing with school closures.
CMS News Alert May 5, 2020 (HERE)
• Here is a summary of recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) actions
taken in response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as part of the ongoing White
House Task Force efforts.
FDA Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Daily Roundup May 4, 2020 (HERE)
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration continue to provide updates on the actions taken
in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic.
FEMA Awards Federal Funding for Mental Health Services to States during Coronavirus
Pandemic (Tennessee; South Carolina; Mississippi; North Carolina; Kentucky; Georgia;
Alabama)
• Federal funding is now available for the states to provide crisis counseling services to its
residents coping with stress and anxiety as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
5Photos of Whole-of-America COVID-19 Response (HERE)
• The whole-of-America response to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic continued today, as
USNS Mercy medical personnel treated non-COVID-19 patients onboard the hospital
ship, while their U.S. Army medical colleagues in Guam assessed a surgicenter on the
Pacific island.
ICYMI: FEMA Encourages Hurricane Preparedness Now in COVID-19 Environment
(HERE)
• FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor emphasized the importance of hurricane preparedness
during an exclusive interview with AXIOS May 2 and The Weather Channel today, as
the nation continues its unprecedented COVID-19 response.
VA Enhances National COVID-19 Reporting Summary Tool (HERE)
• The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that it enhanced
its National COVID-19 Report Summary website that provides a real-time look at the
status of COVID-19 patients who have been tested or treated at VA facilities.
Esper Details Defense Readiness in Face of Pandemic (HERE)
• Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper discussed the immediate operations against
COVID-19 and the second order of effects the pandemic will have on the U.S. military
during a Brookings Institution webinar.
Military Hospital Lends Research Expertise to Global Pandemic Effort (HERE)
• Within weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic's spread, Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint
Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, drew on its deep bench of research
expertise to join the global race to find a treatment for the coronavirus disease.
DOD Focuses on Sustaining Industrial Base through Pandemic (HERE)
• The Defense Department is using an array of tools to ensure the defense industrial base
stays afloat so it can provide critical materiel now and remain robust after COVID-19 has
passed.
For the most up-to-date information, please see the below fact sheets and the CDC’s website:
www.coronavirus.gov.
• COVID-19 By The Numbers
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Whole-of-America Response
6COVID-19: Background & Additional Information
The President’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America
Download the COVID-19 App
For background and the most up-to-date information, please visit the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention Coronavirus Disease 2019 website: HERE
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
• Twitter (here)
• Facebook (here)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
• Twitter (here)
• Facebook (here)
What you should know:
• Workplace, School, and Home Guidance
• People at Risk for Serious Illness from COVID-19
• How COVID-19 Spreads
• Symptoms
• Steps to Prevent Illness
• Frequently Asked Questions
• What to Do If You Are Sick with COVID-19
• Stigma Related to COVID-19
• Facts about COVID-19
• Information for People at Higher Risk and Special Populations
• Communication Resources
Situation Updates:
• Situation Summary
• Cases in the U.S.
• Global Locations with COVID-19
• Risk Assessment
• CDC in Action: Preparing Communities
Information for Businesses:
• Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers
• Information for Communities, Schools, and Businesses
7• Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations – Community Facilities
• SBA: COVID-19 Resources
• DOL: Guidance for Preparing Workplaces for Coronavirus
• DOL: OHSA Resources for Workers and Employers on COVID-19
• WHO: Get Your Workplace Ready for COVID-19
• CISA: Risk Management for COVID-19
• EPA: Disinfectants for Use Against COVID-19
Information for Travel and Transportation:
• Information for Travel
• Guidance for Ships
• Guidance for Airlines and Airline Crew
• State: Travel Advisories
• State: Traveler’s Checklist
• State: Smart Traveler Enrollment Program
• DOT: FAQs from FTA Grantees Regarding COVID-19
Information for Healthcare Providers, First Responders, and Research Facilities:
• Information for Healthcare Professionals
• Resources for State, Local, Territorial and Tribal Health Departments
• Resources for Healthcare Facilities
• Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with COVID-19 or
Persons Under Investigation in Healthcare Settings
• Information for Laboratories
• Resources for First Responders
• Guidance for Public Health Professionals Managing People with COVID-19 in Home
Care and Isolation Who Have Pets or Other Animals
• FAQs and Considerations for Patient Triage, Placement and Hospital Discharge
• Guidance for Homeless Shelters
• Guidance for Hemodialysis Facilities
• CMS: Information on COVID-19 and Current Emergencies
• CMS: Guidance for Hospice Agencies
• CMS: Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act Requirements and Implications
Related to COVID-19
• CMS: FAQs for State Survey Agency and Accrediting Organizations
• EPA: Disinfectants for Use Against COVID-19
Information for Law Enforcement:
• What Law Enforcement Personnel Need to Know
• Bureau of Prisons COVID-19 Resources
Information for Families and Households:
• Information on COVID-19 for Pregnant Women and Children
• Interim Guidance for Household Readiness
8• Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations for U.S. Households
• Guidance for Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Homes and Residential
Communities
• FAQ: COVID-19 and Children
• EPA: Disinfectants for Use Against COVID-19
Information for Schools and Childcare Providers:
• Interim Guidance for Administrators of U.S. Childcare Programs and K-12 Schools
• Resources for Institutes of Higher Education
• Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations – Community Facilities
• USDA: USDA Makes It Easier, Safer to Feed Children in California Amid Coronavirus
Outbreak
• DOEd: Resources for Schools and School Personnel
• EPA: Disinfectants for Use Against COVID-19
Information for Community Events and Gatherings:
• Interim Guidance for Mass Gatherings and Large Community Events
• Interim Guidance for Community- and Faith-Based Organizations
• EPA: Disinfectants for Use Against COVID-19
Agency Resources and Information:
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
• U.S. Food & Drug Administration
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Department of Defense
• U.S. Department of Education
• U.S. Department of Energy
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. Department of State
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Small Business Administration
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