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Federal Agency Tells Employees 'No Reference To Anything COVID Related'
NPR
June 26, 2020 4:10 PM ET
NAT HERZ
A federal fisheries management agency has barred some of its employees from making formal references to the COVID-19 pandemic without preapproval from leadership, according to an internal agency document.
The National Marine Fisheries Service, part of the Commerce Department, manages federal fish stocks in partnership with appointed regional councils. Fishermen and seafood businesses have been asking the agency to relax regulations as the COVID-19 pandemic has complicated their operations. There have also been outbreaks among industry workers.
The NMFS guidance document, dated June 22, says it applies to the agency's formal rules and management announcements.
The four-page memo says the agency's "preferred approach" is making "no reference to anything COVID-related," and it offers preapproved replacement phrases like "in these extraordinary times."
The National Marine Fisheries Service, part of the Commerce Department, manages federal fish stocks in partnership with appointed regional councils. Fishermen and seafood businesses have been asking the agency to relax regulations as the COVID-19 pandemic has complicated their operations. There have also been outbreaks among industry workers.
The NMFS guidance document, dated June 22, says it applies to the agency's formal rules and management announcements.
The four-page memo says the agency's "preferred approach" is making "no reference to anything COVID-related," and it offers preapproved replacement phrases like "in these extraordinary times."
Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/26/883990032/federal-agency-tells-employees-no-reference-to-anything-covid-related
Words fail, yet again.
"Um, Jack, what's wrong with all your fishermen? Why are they not out on the boat?"
"Uh... due to these extraordinary times they are, uh, on ventilators..."
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