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DoD is pausing civilian COVID vaccine mandate after court ruling
Defense Department civilians will not be fired or required an exemption from COVID-19 vaccination while the lawsuit plays out.
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Pentagon pushes maximum telework through January 2022
The health protection condition status for the Pentagon Reservation hasn't changed, but officials are tightening restrictions and safety measures for the worksite.
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DOJ says federal inmates on home confinement can stay out of prison
More than 35,000 inmates were released as part of the effort to ease pandemic conditions as long as they met certain criteria, including they were not likely a danger to others.
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OPM again extends special pandemic hiring authority
Agencies have just over six more months to make use of Schedule A hiring authorities for pandemic response.
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Judge blocks Biden vaccine mandate for federal contractors
The judge found that the states opposing the mandate are likely to succeed in their claim that the president exceeded authorization from Congress when he issued the requirement in September.
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Archbishop: Catholic troops can refuse COVID-19 vaccine
Archbishop for the Military Services, USA releases new guidance on COVID-19 vaccines for Catholic troops.
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VA staff have a few days left to get COVID vaccines or get fired
Tens of thousands of staffers either have not started the vaccine regiment yet or have not filed paperwork showing their vaccine status.
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Fears about safety of federal works sparks reform effort on Capitol Hill
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, led the introduction of a bill that would require agencies to involve employees in pandemic response plans.
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Extend contractor reimbursement period, trade groups urge Congress
Trade groups are urging lawmakers to extend the window for reimbursing government contractor costs for COVID-19 connected disruptions and cost increases, set to close Sept. 30.
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Troops who stepped up for COVID-19 pandemic response are eligible for these two medals
Troops who mobilized for COVID-19 support are eligible for the Armed Forces Service Medal or Humanitarian Service Medal.
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Senate ethics panel drops inquiry into Loeffler stock trades
The Senate Ethics Committee found no evidence of wrongdoing by Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia after investigating stock trades she made weeks before the coronavirus caused markets to plunge.
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Judge rules US must release $679M in tribal virus relief funds
The U.S. Treasury Department must release $679 million in coronavirus relief funding for tribes that it intended to withhold while a court challenge over the agency’s initial round of payments to tribal governments played out in court, a federal judge ruled late Monday.
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Lawmakers question federal prisons’ home confinement rules
Democratic lawmakers are raising questions about the federal Bureau of Prisons’ release of high-profile inmates and are calling for widespread testing of federal inmates for COVID-19.
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Could Congress provide IT modernization funding to states?
States' IT systems have been overwhelmed as a record amount of citizens have filed for unemployment.
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Democrats charge OSHA isn’t protecting front-line workers
Democrats charge that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been “largely invisible” during the pandemic and has not found ways to combat it.
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NIH wants digital health technologies to contain coronavirus
With areas across the United States starting to reopen, the National Institutes of Health wants digital health technologies to protect against another spread.
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USPS facility stays open despite local lockdown order
A U.S. Postal Service distribution facility in Denver that handles 10 million pieces of mail a day for Colorado and Wyoming remained open Friday despite being ordered to shut down by city health officials.
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What will work look like going forward? The federal CIO outlines possible changes
Federal Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent said the federal government will be "rethinking" processes that usually occurred in person.
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US extends heightened border enforcement during coronavirus
Customs and Border Protection has been sending Mexican and Central American migrants they encounter along the southwestern border back to Mexico in about two hours.
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'More productive than ever’: Agency IT officials see benefits from telework
Increased productivity raises questions about the future of work for federal employees.
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VA researching prostate cancer drug as potential coronavirus cure
A full trial of the drug degarelix is expected to take at least four months.
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Trump names former pharma exec to lead ‘Operation Warp Speed’
Operation Warp Speed is operating largely independently of the existing White House coronavirus task force, which is also shifting its focus toward vaccine development.
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A delicate balancing act: The US government must juggle a pandemic and the FY21 budget
It’s time for the government to show it can do two big things at once, and do them right.
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US sees 1st detained immigrant death from coronavirus
A family representative identified the deceased as Carlos Ernesto Escobar, a diabetic who left El Salvador with his mother and sisters in 1980 and lived in the Los Angeles area.
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Telework programs at DoD could stick around after coronavirus
The Department of Defense has expanded several capabilities to enable mass telework. Now it's discussing which ones may stick around permanently.
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Black robes or bathrobes? Virus alters how the Supreme Court functions
The justices will hear arguments this month by telephone for the first time since Alexander Graham Bell patented his invention in 1876.
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