Emergency Memo

Department of Energy
Washington, DC 20585

December 23, 2021
MEMORANDUM FOR SHARON BLOCK
ACTING ADMINISTRATOR
OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
FROM:

ANN DUNKIN
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

SUBJECT:

Emergency Information Collection Request - Certification of
Vaccination

Pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures established in 5 C.F.R
Part 1320, Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public, the Department of Energy (DOE) is
requesting that the proposed information of collection, Certification of Vaccination, be
processed as an Emergency Clearance Information Collection Request (ICR) as referenced in
5 C.F.R. § 1320.13, Emergency processing.
DOE has determined that the information must be collected prior to the time periods
established under Part 1320 of the regulation, and that this information is essential to DOE’s
implementation of safety protocols as provided in recent guidance released by the Centers for
Disease and Prevention (CDC) in Executive Order 13991, Protecting the Federal Workforce
and Requiring Mask-Wearing (Jan. 20, 2021). DOE must collect this information urgently
due to the COVID-19 pandemic. DOE determined that public harm is likely if normal
clearance procedures are followed. Exposure to and transmission of COVID-19 may be
reduced by requesting the vaccination status of support service contractor employees entering
DOE facilities.
DOE is therefore requesting an Emergency Clearance to collect vaccination status
information for a six-month approval period, allowing support service contractor employees
who pre-COVID-19 were embedded with DOE staff in a Federal government owned or
leased facility to attest to their vaccination status. During this approval period, DOE will
work to establish a regular submission of this ICR. Due to the expedited timeframe for
collecting this information, DOE is requesting a waiver for requesting comments from the
public via the Federal Register.
We would appreciate if you could please provide an approval/disapproval determination of
this request to collect information under an emergency clearance by noon on Thursday,
December 30, 2021.