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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.
Support services for homeless veterans set to expire
Aid programs for homeless vets will end unless Congress speeds through new legislation.
Biden ends COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees, contractors
Since January 2021, COVID-19 deaths have declined by 95%.
Federal employees’ return to office is ‘overdue,’ Post editorial says
The White House direct agencies to report their current policies for telework and establish routines to monitor progress and diagnose issues.
Biden proposes Pentagon spending increase with industrial base focus
Biden is proposing a 3.2% increase in Defense Department spending with an eye on the Pacific and bolstering the naval industrial base.
OPM extends pandemic-era hiring authority once more
Now, it will expire when the public health emergency is expected to end on May 11.
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.
Advanced analytics key to fighting unemployment insurance fraud
The Labor Dept. inspector general estimates that fraudsters may have stolen $45.6 billion from the unemployment insurance program during the pandemic.
By Carl Hammersburg