
This document gives guidance to state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions and the private sector on defining essential critical infrastructure workers. This guidance and accompanying list are intended to support State, Local, and industry partners in identifying the critical infrastructure sectors and the essential workers needed to maintain the services and functions Americans depend on daily and need to be able to operate resiliently during the COVID-19 pandemic response. Certain critical infrastructure industries have a special responsibility in these times to continue operations. Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforceįunctioning critical infrastructure is imperative during the response to the COVID-19 emergency for both public health and safety as well as community well-being. This directive supersedes Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7. Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21): Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience advances a national policy to strengthen and maintain secure, functioning, and resilient critical infrastructure.

There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof. UAS Considerations for Law Enforcement Action.Infrastructure Assessments and Analysis.

