Aug 13, 2021 · The Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce Guidance Version 4.1 provides guidance on how jurisdictions and critical infrastructure owners can use the list to assist in prioritizing the ability of essential workers to work safely while supporting ongoing infrastructure operations across the Nation.

Mar 19, 2020 · Functioning critical infrastructure is imperative during the response to the COVID-19 emergency for both public health and safety as well as community well-being. Certain critical infrastructure industries have a special responsibility in these times to continue operations.

Government officials and the owners and operators of critical infrastructures can use this guidance to reduce risk in a number of ways including by encouraging essential workers to be vaccinated, providing the appropriate protective gear, and creating and promoting policies and procedures that prevent the spread of illness among the essential ...

Critical infrastructure is the backbone of the U.S. economy; it is essential to public health and safety, national security and resilience. Some critical infrastructure sectors—communications, energy, financial services, transportation systems, and water and wastewater systems—are interconnected to an extent that harm or compromise to one ...

This document gives guidance to state, local, tribal and territorial jurisdictions and the private sector on defining essential critical infrastructure workers.

Mar 27, 2020 · As state and local communities establish COVID-19-related restrictions, CISA is providing this guidance to state and local governments affirming that parts of the financial services sector workforce are considered essential critical infrastructure workers.

Critical infrastructure (CI) such as highways, railways, electric power networks, dams, port facilities, major gas pipelines or oil refineries are exposed to multiple natural and human-induced hazards and stressors, including earthquakes, landslides, floods, tsunami, wildfires, climate change effects or explosions.

This document gives guidance to State, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions and the private sector on defining essential critical infrastructure workers.

Mar 19, 2020 · The following list of sectors and identified essential critical infrastructure workers are an initial recommended set and are intended to be overly inclusive reflecting the diversity of industries across the United States.

On March 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued updated guidance for identifying the “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce,” which state and local governments may use in making decisions about how best to address the COVID-19 pandemic.