Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Adjudication

[Last updated March 15, 2022 8:48 PM.]

ACUS maintained this page as a resource for agencies and the public from March 2020 through March 2022. It is no longer being actively updated.

Federal agencies are developing policies to manage their adjudication caseloads while promoting public health and safety. ACUS is providing the resources below for agencies and compiling relevant orders, policies, news releases, and other statements as agencies make them available on their websites and in the Federal Register.

Please contact Jeremy Graboyes (jgraboyes@acus.gov) for more information or to provide additions, updates, or corrections.

Resources for Agencies

• ACUS Recommendations

• Other ACUS Resources

• Non-ACUS Resources

Agency Issuances

• Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (Department of Defense)

• Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (General Services Administration)

• Coast Guard (Department of Homeland Security)

• Commodity Futures Trading Commission

• Copyright Royalty Board (Library of Congress)

• Education Department

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

• Executive Office for Immigration Review (Department of Justice)

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

• Federal Labor Relations Authority

• Federal Maritime Commission

• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

• Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

• Federal Trade Commission

• Health and Human Services Department

• Housing and Urban Development Department

• Interior Department

• Internal Revenue Service (Department of the Treasury)

• International Trade Commission

• Labor Department

• Merit Systems Protection Board

• National Labor Relations Board

• National Mediation Board

• National Transportation Safety Board

• Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

• Patent and Trademark Office (Department of Commerce)

• Securities and Exchange Commission

• Small Business Administration

• Social Security Administration

• State Department

• Surface Transportation Board

• Transportation Department

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (Department of Homeland Security)

• Veterans Affairs Department

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Resources for Agencies

ACUS Recommendations

• Recommendation 2021-6, Public Access to Agency Adjudicative Proceedings

• Recommendation 2021-4, Virtual Hearings in Agency Adjudication

• Recommendation 2018-3, Electronic Case Management in Federal Administrative Adjudication

• Recommendation 2014-7, Best Practices for Using Video Teleconferencing for Hearings

• Recommendation 2011-4, Agency Use of Video Hearings: Best Practices and Possibilities for Expansion

Other ACUS Resources

• Jeremy Graboyes & Mark Thomson, Public Access to Agency Adjudicative Proceedings (Nov. 22, 2021)

• Fredric I. Lederer & the Center for Legal & Court Technology, Analysis of Administrative Agency Adjudicatory Hearing Use of Remote Appearances and Virtual Hearings (June 3, 2021)

• Jeremy S. Graboyes, Legal Considerations for Remote Hearings in Agency Adjudications (June 16, 2020)

• Adjudication During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Questions for Agencies to Consider (April 14, 2020)

• Felix F. Bajandas & Gerald K. Ray, Implementation and Use of Electronic Case Management Systems in Federal Agency Adjudication (May 23, 2018)

• Martin E. Gruen & Christine R. Williams, Center for Legal & Court Technology, Handbook on Best Practices for Using Video Teleconferencing in Adjudicatory Hearings (Dec. 2015)

• Center for Legal & Court Technology, Best Practices for Using Video Teleconferencing for Hearings and Related Proceedings (Nov. 2014)

• Funmi E. Olorunnipa, Agency Use of Video Hearings: Best Practices and Possibilities for Expansion (May 2011)

Non-ACUS Resources

• Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable, Access to Justice in the Age of COVID-19 (Sept. 2021)

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance for U.S. Government Websites and Social Media (Digital.gov)

• United States Courts, Court Orders and Updates During COVID-19 Pandemic

• National Center for State Courts, Coronavirus and the Courts

• Remote Courts Worldwide (Society for Computers and Law)

• National Association of Administrative Law Judges, Platforms Used by Administrative Courts to Conduct Remote Hearings

 

Agency Issuances (alphabetical by agency or office)

Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (Department of Defense)

• June 22, 2021 – Virtual Proceedings

• March 16, 2020 – General statement on email submissions

Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (General Services Administration)

• General statement on e-filing and filing deadlines

• Virtual Proceeding Protocol

• April 3, 2020 – Sample order setting schedule for proceedings: 4K Global-Acc Joint Venture v. DOL, Order 

Coast Guard (Department of Homeland Security)

• General statement on contacting Docketing Center

• Virtual Hearing Information

• Best Practices for Parties Participating in USCG Zoom Hearings

• Best Practices for Witnesses Participating in USCG Zoom Hearings

• Best Practices for Spectators Attending USCG Zoom Hearings

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

• Reparations Program: COVID-19 Notice

Copyright Royalty Board (Library of Congress)

• March 27, 2020 – Library of Congress Buildings and Facilities Closed to the Public until Further Notice (note on e-filing)

Education Department

Office of Hearings & Appeals

• General statement on e-filing

Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Appeals Board

• Environmental Appeals Board Notice

• September 21, 2020 – Revised Order Authorizing Electronic Service of Documents in Permit and Enforcement Appeals

• July 7, 2020 – Order Authorizing Electronic Service of Documents in Permit and Enforcement Appeals

Office of Administrative Law Judges

• Filing and Service During COVID-19

• April 28, 2020 – Sample order: Order Granting Joint Motion for Extension of Time

• April 10, 2020 – Order Urging Electronic Service and Filing

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

• July 27, 2020 – Update - April 6, 2020 Memorandum on Processing Information

• April 6, 2020 – Processing Information for All Parties in Federal EEO Processing under 29 CFR Part 1614

Executive Office for Immigration Review (Department of Justice)

• EOIR Operational Status During Coronavirus Pandemic

• December 13, 2020 – Executive Office for Immigration Review Electronic Case Access and Filing 

• November 6, 2020 – Immigration Court Hearings Conducted by Telephone and Video Teleconferencing 

• August 31, 2020 – Matter of R-C-R- 

• March 22, 2020 – Security Bars and Processing

• December 23, 2020 – Security Bars and Processing

• July 17, 2020 – Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security Announce Plan to Resetart MPP Hearings

• July 29, 2020 – Security Bars and Processing

• June 16, 2020 – Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security Joint Statement on Rescheduling MPP Hearings

• June 11, 2020 – EOIR to Resume Hearings in Non-Detained Cases at the Honolulu Immigration Court

• June 11, 2020 – EOIR Practices Related to the COVID-19 Outbreak

• March 23, 2020 – Joint DHS/EOIR Statement on MPP Rescheduling

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

• Coronavirus: FERC Response

• Office of Administrative Law Judges, Remote Hearing Guidance for Participants

• May 18, 2021 – Notice to the Public: Remote Hearing Guidance for Participants

• September 23, 2020 – Notice to the Public: Remote Hearing Guidance for Participants

• June 17, 2020 – Notice to the Public: Revisions to the Electronic Hearing Rules and Procedures

• May 15, 2020 – Sample order: Order of Presiding Judge Converting In-Person Hearing to Remote, Virtual Hearing and Scheduling Technology Tutorial for Remote, Virtual Hearing

• May 5, 2020 – Sample order: Order on Instructions for Public Access to Hearing

• May 4, 2020 – Sample order: Order of Chief Judge Denying Motion

• April 23, 2020 – Chief Administrative Law Judge's Notice ot the Public, Notice of Remote Hearings

• April 3, 2020 – Sample order: Notice of Presiding Judge Waiving Requirement to File Hardcopies

• April 2, 2020 – Supplemental Notice Granting Extension of Time for Non-Statutory Deadlines, Waiving Regulations, and Shortening Answer Period

• March 27, 2020 – Sample order: Order of Presiding Judge on Emergency Motion to Extend Deadline to File Cost-of-Service Rebuttal Testimony

• March 19, 2020 – Notice Granting Extension of Time

• March 13, 2020 – FERC Coronavirus Update: March Meeting Canceled, Staff Telework Encouraged, Building Closed to Public

Federal Labor Relations Authority

• July 31, 2020 – FLRA's Updated Operating Status

• June 23, 2020 – FLRA's Updated Operating Status

• June 5, 2020 – FLRA Rep Hearings to be Conducted by Videoconference

• May 11, 2020 – FLRA's Updated Operating Status

• March 20, 2020 – Federal Labor Relations Authority Operating Status

Federal Maritime Commission

• FMC Procedures Concerning COVID-19

• May 19, 2020 – Waiver of Certain Filing Requirements Due to Covid19; Order

• March 19, 2020 – Temporary Adjustments in FMC Operations

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

• FMCS Conducts Over A Million Online Meeting Minutes in 30 Days

• FMCS Promotes Use of Video Arbitration

• FMCS Offers Virtual Online Mediation

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

• Quick Reference Guide: Videoconference Hearings

• January 3, 2021 – FMSHRC's COVID-19 Workplace Safety Plan

• December 9, 2021 – Resumption of In-Person Hearings

• August 16, 2021 – Issuances and Filings

• August 6, 2021 – Temporary Suspension of In-Person Hearings

• August 5, 2021 – Resumption of In-Person Hearings

• July 30, 2021 – Administrative Law Judges Order to Resume In-Person Hearings

• June 3, 2021 – FMSHRC's COVID-19 Workplace Safety Plan

• April 20, 2021 – Temporary Suspension of In-Person Hearings

• December 9, 2020 – Temporary Suspension of In-Person Hearings

• December 9, 2020 – Sending Case Issuances Through Electronic Mail

• August 13, 2020 – Sending Case Issuances Through Electronic Mail

• August 13, 2020 – Temporary Suspension of In-Person Hearings

• July 6, 2020 – Sending Case Issuances Through Electronic Mail

• July 1, 2020 – Temporary Suspension of In-Person Hearings

• June 2, 2020 – Sending Case Issuances Through Electronic Mail

• June 2, 2020 – Temporary Suspension of In-Person Hearings

• May 18, 2020 – Temporary Suspension of In-Person Hearings

• May 12, 2020 – Sending Case Issuances Through Electronic Mail

• May 12, 2020 – Temporary Suspension of In-Person Hearings

• April 27, 2020 – Sending Case Issuances Through Electronic Mail

• April 16, 2020 – Temporary Suspension of In-Person Hearings

• April 10, 2020 – Temporary Suspension of In-Person Hearings

• April 2, 2020 – Sending Case Issuances Through Electronic Mail

• March 30, 2020 – Sending Case Issuances Through Electronic Mail

• March 24, 2020 – Temporary Suspension of In-Person Hearings

• March 19, 2020 – Sending Case Issuances Through Electronic Mail

• March 18, 2020 – Temporary Suspension of In-Person Hearings

• March 13, 2020 – Oral Argument and Open Meetings

Federal Trade Commission

• February 22, 2021 – Sample order: In the Matter of Altria Group & JUUL Labs, Order Granting Continuance

• February 12, 2021 – Sample order: In the Matter of Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board, Order Lifting Stay and Resuming Administrative Proceedings

• November 23, 2020 – Sample order: In the Matter of Altria Group & JUUL Labs, Stipulation and Order Concerning Remote Deposition Practices and Protocols

• September 1, 2020 – Sample order: In the Matter of Axon Enterprise & Safariland, Supplemental Commission Order on Public Access to the Evidentiary Hearing in Light of the Public Health Emergency

• July 6, 2020 – Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, FTC Grants Public Access to Four Administrative Proceedings Via Telephone or Live Streaming

• June 3, 2020 – Sample order: In the Matter of Altria Group & JUUL Labs, Third Order Regarding Scheduling in Light of Public Health Emergency

• April 13, 2020 – Sample order: In the Matter of Altria Group & JUUL Labs, Second Order Regarding Scheduling in Light of Public Health Emergency

• March 19, 2020 – Sample order: In the Matter of Peabody Energy Corp & Arch Coal, Order Regarding Scheduling in Light of Public Health Emergency

Health and Human Services Department

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• March 30, 2020 – Medicare Appeals in Fee for Service (FFS), Medicare Advantage (MA), and Part D

Departmental Appeals Board

• General statement on delays and e-filing

Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals

• OMHA Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Provider Reimbursement Review Board

• March 25, 2020 – ALERT 19: Temporary COVID-19 Adjustments to PRRB Processes

Housing and Urban Development Department

• March 13, 2020 – To All Parties in Pending Cases

Interior Department

Departmental Cases Hearing Division

• In Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

• COVID-19 Pandemic Procedures: Email Issuances of Orders/Decisions; Electronic Filing and Service of Documents; Inquiries to DCHD

Interior Board of Indian Appeals

• Filing Documents with IBIA During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Interior Board of Land Appeals

• In Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

• IBLA’s COVID-19 Questions and Answers

• October 5, 2021 – Order Permitting Filing by Email

• March 24, 2020 – Order, All Appeals Pending Before the Interior Board of Land Appeals

Office of the Director

• Filing Documents with the Director's Office During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Probate Hearings Division

• March 23, 2020 – Update on the Status of Probate Hearings Division Operations

Internal Revenue Service (Department of the Treasury)

• IRS Operations During COVID-19: Mission-critical functions continue

International Trade Commission

• USITC Response to COVID-19

• Section 337 Investigations - COVID-19-Related Questions

• Import Injury (Title VII) Investigations - COVID-19-Related Questions

• June 26, 2020 – Commission's Measures to Conduct Remote Section 337 Evidentiary Hearings Involving Confidential Business Information 

• June 22, 2020 – Notice of Commission Determination to Extend Postponement of All In-Person Section 337 Hearings, Effective June 19, 2020 And Continuing Until Phase Three of the Commission's Three-Phase Plan to Re-Establish On-Site Building Operations

• May 14, 2020 – Notice of Commission Determination To Extend Postponement of All In-Person Section 337 Hearings Until July 10, 2020 

• April 16, 2020 – Temporary Change to Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Conference and Hearing Procedures

• March 18, 2020 – Section 337 Investigations; Notice of Commission Determination To Postpone All In-Person Section 337 Hearings Scheduled To Take Place Within the Next 60 Days

• March 16, 2020 – Temporary Change to Filing Procedures

• March 16, 2020 – Temporary Change to Filing Procedures

Labor Department

Administrative Review Board

• Processing of Appeals and Coronavirus

• January 11, 2021 – Rules of Practice and Procedure (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Comments)

• January 11, 2021 – Rules of Practice and Procedure (Direct Final Rule)

• December 7, 2020 – Notice Regarding Change to Electronic Filing System

Benefits Review Board

• Processing of Appeals and Coronavirus

• January 11, 2020 – Rules of Practice and Procedure (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Comments)

• January 11, 2020 – Rules of Practice and Procedure (Direct Final Rule)

• December 7, 2020 – Notice Regarding Change to Electronic Filing System

Employees Compensation Appeals Board

• Processing of Appeals and Coronavirus

• January 11, 2021 – Rules of Practice and Procedure (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Comments)

• January 11, 2021 – Rules of Practice and Procedure (Direct Final Rule)

• December 7, 2020 – Notice Regarding Change to Electronic Filing System

Office of Administrative Law Judges

• COVID-19 and Hearings

• Filing by Email During the COVID-19 Hearings Suspension

• Notice Regarding New System for Electronic Filing

• Subpoena Processing - New Electronic Options

• January 11, 2021 – Rules of Practice and Procedure for Administrative Hearings Before the Office of Administrative Law Judges (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking)

• January 11, 2021 – Rules of Practice and Procedure for Administrative Hearings Before the Office of Administrative Law Judges (Direct Final Rulemaking; Request for Comments)

• December 2, 2020 – Administrative Notice, In Re: Launch of EFILE.DOL.GOV

• June 1, 2020 – Administrative Order and Notice, In Re: Continued Suspension of In-Person Hearings Due to COVID-19 National Emergency

• May 7, 2020 – Subpoenas - Updated Procedures for Cases Pending Before the District Director

• April 29, 2020 – Subpoenas - New Electronic Options

• April 16, 2020 – Administrative Notice, In Re: Implementation of Electronic Service During COVID-19 Pandemic

• April 10, 2020 – Supplemental Administrative Order and Notice, In Re: Suspension of Hearings and Procedural Deadlines Due to COVID-19 National Emergency

• March 19, 2020 – Administrative Order and Notice, In Re: Suspension of Hearings and Procedural Deadlines Due to COVID-19 National Emergency

• March 17, 2020 – Administrative Notice, In Re: Relaxation of Filing and Service Requirements

• March 13, 2020 – Administrative Notice, In Re: Temporary Suspension of In-Person Hearings 

Merit Systems Protection Board

• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

• Procedures for Email Exceptions Due to COVID-19

• Zoom for Government Rules of Behavior for External Participants

• July 2, 2020 – The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board's Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

• June 9, 2020 – The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board's Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

• May 26, 2020 – The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board's Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

• May 12, 2020 – The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board's Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

• April 30, 2020 – Zoom for Government Rules of Behavior for External Participants

• April 27, 2020 – The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board's Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

• April 6, 2020 – Extension of Mandatory Telework

• March 27, 2020 – Procedures for Making Limited Exceptions to 5 C.F.R. §§ 1201.14(d) and 1201.26(b) During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and the National Emergency

• March 23, 2020 – Extension of Mandatory Telework

• March 16, 2020 – The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board’s Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

National Labor Relations Board

• Office Status

• March 15, 2022 – Order, Pizza Piazza, Inc. and Andrew Yoho

• January 8, 2021 – NLRB Division of Judges Releases 2021 Bench Book

• November 9, 2020 – Order, Aspirus Keweenaw and Michigan Nurses Association

• October 9, 2020 – Sample Order, Case Management Order with Instructions for Virtual Hearings (New York Paving, Inc.)

• September 22, 2020 – Order, Oxarc and Teamsters Local 839

• August 25, 2020 – General Counsel Memo 20-12, Remote Unfair Labor Practice Hearings During COVID-19 Pandemic

• August 20, 2020 – Order, XPO Cartage, Inc. and International Brotherhood of Teamsters

• August 13, 2020 – Order, William Beaumont Hospital and Michigan Nurses Association 

• May 15, 2020 – Division of Judges Will Resume Trials Effective June 1, 2020

• May 11, 2020 – Order, Morrison Healthcare and SEIU United Healthcare Workers

• April 17, 2020 – COVID-19 Operational Status Update

• April 15, 2020 – Order Postponing Trials Scheduled for Hearing in May 2020

• April 8, 2020 – Board Delays Effective Date of Election Protection Final Rule

• April 2, 2020 – General Counsel Memo 20-05, Electronic Issuance of Complaints and Compliance Specifications

• April 1, 2020 – NLRB Resumes Representation Elections

• March 30, 2020 – Sample order: Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Order Postponing Hearing Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

• March 23, 2020 – Updates on Temporary NLRB Office Closures (Phoenix, Birmingham)

• March 20, 2020 – Updates on NLRB Office Closures (San Francisco, Denver, Manhattan)

• March 19, 2020 – National Labor Relations Board Suspends Representation Elections Through April 3, 2020

• March 19, 2020 – Temporary Closure of Two Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures (Cleveland, New Orleans)

• March 16, 2020 – NLRB Announces Agency-wide Telework Until April 1

• March 15, 2020 – Temporary Closure of Three Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures (Manhattan, Detroit, Chicago)

• March 12, 2020 – NLRB Directs Washington D.C. Headquarters Employees to Temporarily Telework

National Transportation Safety Board

• General statement on e-filing

National Mediation Board

• NMB Modifies Representation Case Handling During COVID-19 Pandemic Health Crisis

• June 2020 – NMB Resumes Normal Representation Case Handling 

• June 1, 2020 – NMB Extends Limits on Representation Case Handling during COVID-19 Pandemic Health Crisis thru June 15, 2020

• April 20, 2020 – NMB Extends Limits on Representation Case Handling During COVID-19 Health Crisis

• April 17, 2020 – Notice of Reopening - NMB Washington, D.C. Office

• April 15, 2020 – NMB Washington, D.C. Office Temporarily Closed – April 15 & 16, 2020

• April 2, 2020 – Message from the National Mediation Board

• March 27, 2020 – Section 3 Arbitration Timelines

• March 25, 2020 – Arbitrator Travel Restrictions

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

• OCALJ Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19

• October 15, 2020 – Rules of Procedure

Patent and Trademark Office (Department of Commerce)

Examiners, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

• USPTO notices regarding COVID-19

• Remote Hearings (Best Practices)

• Produces and services to fight COVID-19: Petitions to prioritize initial examination of trademark applications

• Trademarks and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) FAQs: Extension of Deadlines Under the CARES Act

• Patents and Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) FAQs: Extension of Deadlines Under the CARES Act

• April 15, 2021 – Fast-Track Pilot Program for Appeals Related to COVID-19

• September 18, 2020 – A seamless transition to all-virtual hearings

• June 29, 2020 – USPTO extends certain CARES Act relief for small and micro entities

• June 11, 2020 – Notice of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's COVID-19 Outbreak Relief Relating to Restoring the Right of Priority or Benefit to Patent Applicants

• May 29, 2020 – Relief Available to Patentees in View of the COVID-19 Outbreak for Submission of Initial Patent Term Extension Applications Filed Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 156

• May 18, 2020 – USPTO releases additional information on the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program

• May 14, 2020 – COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program (see also Correction)

• May 8, 2020 – USPTO announces COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program for small and micro entities

• May 6, 2020 – USPTO to allow filing of plant patent applications and correspondence via patent electronic filing systems in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

• April 30, 2020 – Responding to COVID-19: A joint message of support for inventors from the USPTO and EPO

• April 28, 2020 – USPTO extends certain patent and trademark deadlines to June 1

• March 31, 2020 – USPTO announces extension of certain patent and trademark timing deadlines under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Security Act

• March 19, 2020 – USPTO waives original handwritten signature requirement

• March 13, 2020 – USPTO update on in-person meetings

Securities and Exchange Commission

• SEC Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response

• March 18, 2020 – In re: Pending Administrative Proceedings

Small Business Administration

• August 27, 2020 – Appeals of SBA Loan Review Decisions Under the Paycheck Protection Program

Social Security Administration

• Social Security & Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

• SSA Hearing Options - Video Hearings

• SSA Hearing Options Available During COVID-19

• Hearings and Appeals - Get Your Electronic Case Documents Online

• COVID-19 Telephone Hearing Agreement Form

• February 28, 2022 – Agency Information Collection Activities: New Emergency Request, Electronic Protective Filing Tool

• December 4, 2021 – Agency Information Collection Activities: New Emergency Request, COVID-19 Symptoms Screener for In-Person Hearings

• March 17, 2021 – Statement about Service from Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security

• March 11, 2021 – Temporary Instructions for the Bundled Receipt and Processing of an Electronically Signed SSA-1696 and Certain Other Forms

• October 5, 2020 – Requiring Electronic Submission of Evidence by Certain Claimant Representatives

• September 3, 2020 – Social Security Announces New Online Video Hearings

• May 21, 2020 – Temporary Instructions for the Documentation of the Appointment of a Representative during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

• April 17, 2020 – Program Operations Manual System Update: Development of Consultative Examinations 

State Department

• December 13, 2021 – Waiver of Personal Appearance and In-Person Oath Requirement for Certain Immigrant Visa Applications Due to COVID-19

Surface Transportation Board

• General statement on e-filing and e-service

• E-Filing

Transportation Department

Office of Hearings

• February 5, 2021 – Sample notice (see Temporary Modification of Filing and Service Rules)

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (Department of Homeland Security)

• USCIS Response to Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-2019)

• COVID-19 Delays in Extension/Change of Status Filings

• March 16, 2021 – Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19

• September 17, 2021 – Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19

• March 22, 2021 – Security Bars and Processing 

• March 22, 2021 – Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19

• December 23, 2020 – Security Bars and Processing

• September 23, 2020 – Asylum Interview Interpreter Requirement Modification Due to COVID-19

• July 29, 2020 – Security Bars and Processing

• June 4, 2020 – USCIS Offices Preparing to Reopen on June 4

• USCIS Temporary Office Closure Extended Through May 3

Veterans Affairs Department

Board of Veterans' Appeals

• Board of Veterans’ Appeals Response to COVID-19

• Board of Veterans’ Appeals Virtual Hearing Option

• Advancement on the Docket (AOD)

Veterans Benefits Administration

• August 27, 2020 – Disruption of Mail Service

• April 20, 2020 – Disruption of Mail Service