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Campus Status
Gaithersburg Campus
The NIST Gaithersburg campus is open with access for federal employees, associates, and sponsored visitors.
Gates A and F are open for entry and exit.
Visitors must enter through Gate A to get badged initially.
Deliveries must arrive on campus through Gate F (East Dr. off Muddy Branch Rd.).
All campus traffic must enter through Gate A on weekends or federal holidays.
Department of Commerce Boulder Laboratories
For Friday, April 17: The DOC Boulder Labs will have a 2-hour early departure today. Snow is present for the Boulder area.
- The site will close 2 hours early, and staff should leave 2 hours earlier than their normal departure time.
- Conferences will adjourn by the early release time.
- Non-emergency employees and associates who are currently authorized 24/7 access and who have a legitimate requirement to access the site may be granted access or remain on site as site conditions warrant.
- Designated emergency employees may be required to remain at work as scheduled.
- Telework employees at the office will receive weather and safety leave only for the time required to commute home. Once these employees arrive at home, they must complete any remaining portion of the workday by teleworking (will not count toward the 52 hours), taking unscheduled leave (paid or unpaid) or other paid time off, or a combination.
- Non-telework employees at the office will be dismissed no later than the final departure time and granted weather and safety leave for the number of hours remaining in their workday.
- Telework employees performing telework are expected to continue working and generally may not receive weather and safety leave. They must account for the entire workday by teleworking, taking unscheduled leave (paid or unpaid) or other paid time off, or a combination.
- Remote workers are expected to continue working and generally may not receive weather and safety leave. They must account for the entire workday by working, taking unscheduled leave (paid or unpaid) or other paid time off, or a combination.
- Employees departing the office prior to their early departure time may request unscheduled leave (paid or unpaid) or other paid time off. Such employees will not be granted weather and safety leave for any part of the workday.
- Employees on preapproved leave (paid or unpaid) or other paid time off (e.g., compensatory time off, credit hours), including an employee who has requested unscheduled leave, generally should continue to be charged leave or other paid time off during the scheduled time and should not receive weather and safety leave.
Respiratory Illness Policies
Consistent with CDC recommendations, you should refrain from coming on to campus if you are exhibiting symptoms consistent with or test positive for a respiratory illness such as COVID-19, flu, or RSV. Examples of symptoms are fever over 100.4 oF, shortness of breath, cough, severe headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, and runny nose.
If you must come on to campus while exhibiting symptoms or after testing positive for a respiratory illness (including COVID), please consider voluntarily implementing the following protocols to assist in minimizing the potential for spread of a respiratory virus at NIST:
- Practice proper hygiene, including frequent washing of or disinfecting hands;
- Wear a well-fitting mask (e.g., 3-ply medical/surgical mask) or respirator (e.g., KN95 or N95 used voluntarily); and/or
- Implement social distancing.
Please keep in mind that respiratory viruses may pose a very serious health risk to some populations of our community. While on a NIST campus, please respect others’ decisions about how they manage their health.
Site Status Notifications
Learn more about the various site status notifications that NIST uses during inclement weather.