It is also ordered that heads of agencies must report any 'obstacle to the COVID-19 response' to their attention as soon as possible, for them to then coordinate responses to.

They will be responsible for coordinating federal efforts linked to points such as vaccine distribution and testing. It establishes the positions of coordinator of the COVID-19 response and counselor to the president and deputy coordinator of the COVID-19 response within the Executive Office of the President. It is titled 'Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government to Provide a Unified and Effective Response to Combat COVID-19 and to Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and Security.' The order states: 'To protect the Federal workforce and individuals interacting with the Federal workforce, and to ensure the continuity of Government services and activities, on-duty or on-site Federal employees, on-site Federal contractors, and other individuals in Federal buildings and on Federal lands should all wear masks, maintain physical distance, and adhere to other public health measures, as provided in CDC guidelines.' Organizing and Mobilizing to Combat COVID-19Īnother order focuses on the desire to 'act swiftly and aggressively to combat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).' Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-WearingĪs part of Biden's actions to confront the COVID-19 crisis, he has ordered masks be worn on Federal property. It also reversed Trump's ban on federally funded diversity training highlighting the concept of white privilege. This orders for there to be work to identify methods to assess equity, each federal agency to undergo an equity assessment and the allocation of resources to 'advance fairness and opportunity.' 'Because advancing equity requires a systematic approach to embedding fairness in decision-making processes, executive departments and agencies (agencies) must recognize and work to redress inequities in their policies and programs that serve as barriers to equal opportunity.' 'These are just all starting points.'Īides said the actions the Democratic president signed included a mask mandate on federal property and for federal employees, an order to establish a new White House office co-ordinating the response to the coronavirus and halting the process of withdrawing from the World Health Organization.Read more Biden Diversity Order Reverses Trump Ban on 'White Privilege' Training 'Some of the executive actions I'm going to be signing today are going to help change the course of the COVID crisis, we're going to combat climate change in a way that we haven't done so far and advance racial equity and support other underserved communities' said Biden.

Signing several actions in front of reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon, Biden said there was 'no time to waste' in issuing the executive orders, memorandums and directives. President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions shortly after being sworn in on Wednesday, undoing policies put in place by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, and making his first moves on the pandemic and climate change.

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