What Feds Need Masks?

During a Thursday afternoon Web cast on the swine flu with top federal officials from the Health and Human and Services Department, the Homeland Security Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano received an e-mailed question from a Transportation Security Administration worker wondering about the use of face masks. Napolitano said DHS will issue instructions to its workforce on Thursday on flu prevention measures, including which workers need to wear the (now) ubiquitous masks.

She said this would include workers who have close contract with the public who might have flu exposure, such as Customs and Border Protection agents working closely with people from countries with an H1N1 outbreak.