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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.

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Army cutting costs by sharing services with local communities

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Customer feedback informed major legislative, organizational changes at VBA

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VIDEO: Former presidents, celebrities honor winners of 2020 Sammies

The Partnership for Public Service recognized the winners of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies), and like everything in 2020, this year's ceremony was a little different.

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Pandemic workload brought IRS to the limit of doing more with less

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.

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Innovation playing a larger role at Veterans Affairs

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.

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Long-term telework seen as key to retaining feds with disabilities

In a moment of reinvention in the federal workforce, the coronavirus pandemic has opened the door to improving how agencies recruit and retain employees with disabilities.

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EPA employees fear phase three reopening, declare ‘no confidence’ in agency safety efforts

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.

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OPM proposes new limits on back pay for federal employees, unions

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.

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New NASA mentor program links Boeing, Southern University

NASA has signed its newest mentor-protégé agreement. The latest arrangement is between Boeing and Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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EPA helping local communities restore the Chesapeake Bay

The EPA has been developing an online decision support system to help cities and towns around the bay figure out the best sites for restoration or conservation.

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