Federal Pandemic Committee
The Federal Pandemic Committee (FPC) is an emergency body of adminstration established on 28 March 2020 in Georgeland to co-ordinate government response and policy during the coronavirus pandemic. When the committee was established the country had seen more than 1400 cases and ten deaths, and each state was reponsible for its own efforts to combat the pandemic. The body was established by the federal government to provide a national co-ordinated approach.
Under the 2012 Emergency Management Act, the FPC has the authority of Cabinet. This means its decisions are legally binding, and the FPC can provide advice and instruction to the President of Georgeland as if it were Cabinet. It is the first non-Cabinet body to assume this authority, granted by the Act under specific conditions for a limited period - the Act must be invoked by Parliament before July 1 if the FPC is to retain authority.
The FPC does not meet together in line with social distancing practices, and instead meets on an ad hoc basis over the internet.
The committee is constituted as follows:
| Member | Position |
|---|---|
| Tom Elderton (chair) | Prime Minister of Georgeland |
| Yvonne Otway (vice chair) | Federal Minister for Health |
| Janet Gauss | Leader of the Opposition |
| Jackson Buck | Bradmarch Minister for Health |
| Alice Omar | Capitalia Minister for Health |
| Gertie Ramos | Delmago Island Minister for Health |
| Ben McCabe | East Mainland Minister for Health |
| Lois Marks | Federal District Commissioner for Health |
| Helen Hooper | Long Island Minister for Health |
| Carter Denton | Scoita Minister for Health |
| Nina Wolcott | West Mainland Minister for Health |
| Ethan Kewell | Director-General of the National Health Service |
| Michael Baggett | Chief Medical Officer |
| Lee Epping* | Chair of the Drugs and Medical Administration |
| Justine Loomis | Director of the Federal Intelligence,Security and Information Agency
Security and Information Agency |
| Jacob Kane | Chair of the Federal Disaster Relief Agency |
| Aneurin Fox | Chief Scientist |
| AVM Steve Franks | Surgeon-General of the Defence Force |
- From April 13, Epping was represented by his deputy, Lisa Garrison, as he himself was suffering from the effects of Covid-19.