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COVID-19 Updates

This notice is in reference to the message to the DLA Workforce on the Anticipated End of the Public Health Emergency for COVID-19.

On May 1, 2023, the Biden Administration announced it will end the Federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements, including those for Federal employees and Federal Contractors at the end of the day on May 11th, the same day the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ends.

Reminder that the nationwide injunction of the Federal vaccine mandate has been in place since January 2022, so there is no immediate impact of this latest vaccine announcement to our workforce.  DLA will continue to forego implementing the vaccine mandate at this time, to include no enforcement actions or processing of exemption requests. We are awaiting further guidance from the Department of Defense (DoD) as it relates to Reasonable Accommodation (RA) exemption requests with nexus to COVID-19; therefore, these types of requests will remain in abeyance until further guidance is released from DoD. If you have any questions, ensure you are consulting your servicing EEO Office for further guidance.

As stated in this announcement, DLA began full re-entry in May 2022; however, many workplace flexibilities were in place relative to the national and public health emergencies to assist DLA employees and their families in dealing with the consequences of the COVID-19 health situation.  It is important to note that with the end of the public health emergency for COVID-19 comes the end of many of the workplace flexibilities afforded to all federal employees during the pandemic status.  Because of this, some employees may need a RA to assist them with meeting the essential functions of their job or to enjoy the benefits and privileges of the workplace.

The DLA Instruction (DLAI) 1440.01, Procedures for RA's for Individuals remains the guiding policy for all RA requests due to disabilities.  Please ensure you are consulting your servicing Disability Program Coordinator (DPC) for specific guidance and information pertaining to the process.  All requests for accommodation or information should go to the RA mailbox of the servicing EEO office.  The DPC or alternate will be in contact with you once they receive the email.  Below is an updated list reflecting the mailboxes Enterprise-Wide.

MSC / Location     DPC Mailbox
Headquarters  HQsReasonableAccommodations@dla.mil
Aviation  Avn.eeo.ra@dla.mil
Disposition  DispositionServicesRAs@dla.mil
Distribution  Distribution.ra.requests@dla.mil
Energy  EnergyReasonableAccommodations@dla.mil
Land & Maritime  DSCCreasonableaccommodationsrequest@dla.mil
Troop Support  TSReasonableAccommodations@dla.mil

How to Determine Who Is Your Servicing DPC?

Your servicing DPC is determined based on your duty location.  For example, if you are located in Richmond then you would send your request to the Aviation mailbox.  If you are located at Fort Belvoir then you would send the request to the HQs mailbox unless of course you are an Energy employee located at Fort Belvoir.  In this situation you would send your request to the Energy mailbox.  All questions or requests pertaining to this subject should be sent to the mailboxes stated above.