Sore throat? Tricare Prime now offers virtual option for urgent care
Nurses will decide whether the symptoms can be treated virtually, and set up the virtual appointments.
By Karen Jowers
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VA support program to buy up veterans’ defaulted home loans
The Department of Veterans Affairs will start buying veterans' failing mortgages to help them stay in their homes.
VA needs COVID accommodations extended before emergency status ends
Officials say telehealth prescription services that benefit nearly 50,000 veterans will end if lawmakers don't extend special authorities.
Dear newbie: Federal leaders share advice for incoming appointees
Starting a new role in the middle of a president’s term can be particularly tough for new appointees. This advice can help.
Keep COVID-19 military vaccine mandate, defense secretary says
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is making clear he wants to keep the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops.
By Tara Copp, AP
Will I receive a COLA in January if I retire in December?
Federal Times Expert Reg Jones answers your questions on retirement rules, regulations and government bureaucracy.
By Reg Jones
Office of Personnel Management extends hiring authority to fill pandemic gaps
With the extension, government entities may hire individuals that meet the job qualification requirements directly, forgoing the traditional competitive application process. Any positions needed in direct response to the effects to the effects of COVID-19 may be filled under this authority.
$400M VA program to help COVID-unemployed vets has produced few new jobs
VA's rapid retraining program has helped just a small fraction of the veterans that officials expected.
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.
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.
By Geoff Mulvihill and David A. Lieb, AP
Initial return to work plans did not match federal safety guidance
Return to work plans under the Trump administration were inconsistent across agencies and missing components laid out by the White House and CDC, according to the Government Accountability Office.
By Jessie Bur