Re-opening News
- Law Office of Richard McGee: Can Employers Mandate Vaccines?
- 11/18 Appian: Managing the Return from COVID: Software Solutions for Workforce Safety
- Native Business: Mohegan’s $80M Earth Expo & Convention Center Reopens With Robust Safety Guidelines
- 7/16: CDC updated information for Tribal Communities to plan, prepare and respond to COVID-19. They also provided updated information in each of the following links:
- 7/16 CDC: Food and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) webpage provides helpful information about handling food packages and tips for safely shopping for groceries.
- 6/22 Native Business: CDC Releases Casino Reopening Guidelines After 700+ Venues Resumed Operations
- 5/18 Native Business: SoCal Tribal Casinos Begin Reopening, Some Using Advanced Cleaning Tech
- 5/8 Native Business: Washington Tribes Weigh Reopening Casinos Against COVID-19 Risks; 6 to Reopen
- 5/8 WPTV: Hair and nail salons, barber shops reopening in Florida on Monday, May 11
- 5/7 Indian Country Today: ‘New normal’ for tribal casinos reopening
- CNN (updated regularly): This is where all 50 states stand on reopening
- NY Times (updated regularly): See Which States Are Reopening and Which Are Still Shut Down
- 4/30 Tampa Bay Business Journal: Re-Open Florida Task Force recommendations would ramp up economy
- 4/28 NBC: Guidelines call for 14-day drop in cases to reopen. No state has met them.
- 4/28 Patch: MA Coronavirus: Here’s Who Will Help Decide When State Reopens
- 4/27 US News & World Report: Louisiana: Stay-At-Home Until May 15, Then Some Reopening
- 4/27 US News & World Report: Gov Issuing New Emergency Declaration as SC Begins to Reopen
- 4/23 US News & World Report: North Carolina Extends Stay-Home Order, Develops Reopen Plan
USET/USET SPF Member News
- 7/1 Native Business: The New Playbook: How Event Venues & Hosts Are Adapting to Social Distancing
- 6/22 Message from EBCI Principal Chief Sneed
- 6/12 PBCI Annual Thanksgiving Pow Wow Canceled
- 6/4 One Feather: COVID-19 Timeline of Events Relating to EBCI
- 6/1: Most events at Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds cancelled for June
- 5/27: Wind Creek Properties in Alabama to Open on June 8
- 5/21: Foxwood Resort Casino ‘focused on reopening that first week of June’
- 5/20 Mohegan Sun, Foxwoods to open June 1, ignoring opposition from Gov. Ned Lamont who calls move ‘incredibly risky’
- 5/18 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa: Opening Announcement and Safe and Sound Program Guidelines
- 5/15 Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Announces the Reopening of Coushatta Casino Resort
- 5/14 Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Responds to “North Country Reopening”
- 5/14 KADN: Paragon Casino Resort Announces Reopening Date of May 20th
- 5/8 Cherokee One Feather: Tribe delays opening; Harrah’s Cherokee casinos starting phased re-opening
- 5/5 Observer-Dispatch: Oneida Nation mulls reopening options
- 5/1 Coushatta Casino Resort: Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Announces Reopening of Koasati Pines Golf Course and Feather Fuel
- 4/29 Hartford Courant: Mohegan Sun, shut to slow the spread of coronavirus, extends closing to May 12
- 4/28 WFMZ: A message from Wind Creek CEO, Jay Dorris
- 4/17 MSN: Pearl River Resort announces furloughs
Economy Re-Opening Blueprints
Tribal Nations
- 5/28 PBCI Operational Update
- 5/28 Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe COVID-19 Phased Opening
- 5/27 Wind Creek Hospitality COVID-19 Response Plan
- 5/20 Foxwoods Resort Casino: Safety Plan
- 5/19 Oneida Nation Enterprises: Reopening Plan, FAQs, Fact Sheet, Blueprints
- 5/14 Paragon Casino: Paragon Casino Resort COVID-19 Reopening FAQs
States
- Alabama 5/8 update: Restaurants, salons, gyms can reopen Monday; churches can meet as 10-person limit lifted
- Alabama: Reopen Alabama Responsibly
- California: Governor Newsom Outlines Six Critical Indicators the State will Consider Before Modifying the Stay-at-Home Order and Other COVID-19 Interventions
- Maine: Restarting Maine’s Economy
- Mississippi: Restart Mississippi
- New York: Amid Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, Governor Cuomo Outlines Blueprint to Un-PAUSE New York
- North Carolina: North Carolina Announces Three-Phase Plan to Reopen
- Rhode Island: Reopening RI
- Texas: Governor’s Strike Force to Open Texas
- Virginia: Forward Virginia
Other
- Nashville: Roadmap for Reopening Nashville 5/21 Update
- Italy: Provisions of the Decree by Italian Prime Minister of 26 April 2020
- Spain: Guide to Spain Reopening Plan: Phases & Dates of Lockdown easing
Re-Opening Resources
- FDA 10/21: New COVID-19 vaccine information is posted as it becomes available
- USET SPF 10/9: USET Comments to HHS on COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution in Indian Country
- The National Academy of Medicine 10/2: Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine
- 8/21 National Indian Education Association: Keeping Our Native Students Safe, Healthy is Paramount During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Added 8/13: BIE (7/2): School Reopening Plan
- 7/30 The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development: What Tribes and Tribal Entities Need to Know When Procuring Personal Protective Equipment
- 7/16 CDC: The CDC updated information for Tribal Communities to plan, prepare and respond to COVID-19. They also provided updated information in each of the following links:
- 7/16 CDC: The new Food and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) webpage provides helpful information on commonly asked questions about handling food packages and tips for safely shopping for groceries and buying meat in bulk.
- 7/1 Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs: DTLL and Indian Affairs COVID-19 Adaptive Operations Recovery Plan
- 7/1 CDC: Considerations for K-12 Schools – Readiness and Planning Tool
- 6/22 CDC: Considerations for Casinos and Gaming Operations
- OSHA Guidance on Returning to Work (June 2020)
- OSHA Guidance on Preparing Workplace for COVID-19 (April 2020)
- CDC Guidance for Dental Settings
- CDC Resuming Business Toolkit
- Six Steps for Safe and Effective Disinfectant Use
- 5/18 The American Hotel & Lodging Association Release Industry-wide Hotel Cleaning Standards, through “SAFE STAY” Initiative
- 5/15 CDC Cleaning and Disinfecting your Facility
- US Travel Association: Industry Guidance for Promoting the Health and Safety of All Travelers
- 5/7 International Economic Development Council: resource for up-to-date information related to COVID-19 and its economic impacts – restoreyoureconomy.org
- 5/4 Hotel Development Insider:
- 5/1 Property Management Services: Building Re-Occupancy Plan & Guidelines; Navigating workforce re-entry during COVID-19 recovery
- 4/28 EPA and CDC: Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting
- 4/23 The National Law Review: Legal Consideration for Reopening Business in the Time of Coronavirus
- 4/23 EPA and CDC: Reopening American Cleaning and Disinfection Decision Tool
- 4/22 OMB Memo: Aligning Federal Agency Operations with the National Guidelines for Opening Up America Again
- 4/16 White House: Guidelines for Opening Up American Again!
- 4/14 WHO: Covid-19 Strategy Update