A bill to make the payroll tax deferral optional, and others worth watching
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has introduced new legislation that would make the president’s payroll tax deferral optional for federal employees and servicemembers.
The agency for much of this year has balanced conducting an extended tax filing season with sending more than 160 million payments worth $270 billion in pandemic stimulus funding across the country.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is operating on several fronts to keep its services to veterans up to date. One channel for that is the Veterans Health Administration program called the Innovation Ecosystem.
Federal News Network and several leading IT vendors led by Iron Bow discussed mission delivery in multi-cloud environments with a panel of federal IT practitioners.
Nearly 700 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency said they have no confidence in leadership’s ability to keep them safe during the pandemic. They’re asking to continue telework until an effective vaccine is available.
New proposed regulations from OPM reinterpret the agency’s own 40-year-old reading of the Back Pay Act, and would limit the kinds of cases where federal employees could receive back pay, as well as exclude unions from receiving attorney fees.