Management

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021, file image from video, Jeff Zients, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president., Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, chair of the COVID-19 health equity task force, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 Response Team,, appear on screen during a White House briefing on the Biden administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. (White House via AP, File)

GAO: Agencies could’ve been more transparent in pandemic response OTA’s

In today’s Federal Newscast, agencies spent billions on urgent COVID-related contracts, but they neglected to report some important award information.

Federal Newscast

Executive orders can be hard to implement if the language is too dense for most

Management

Venable

What’s different — if anything — about Biden’s ‘Buy American’ agenda from past directives?

Acquisition

Executive order contains 72 initiatives on boosting competition in federal contracting

Contracting

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The White House is visible as morning traffic builds along 16th Street Northwest, in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The Metro subway system that serves the nation's capital and its Virginia and Maryland suburbs shut down for a full-day for an emergency safety inspection of its third-rail power cables. Making for unusual commute, as the lack of service is forcing some people on the roads, while others are staying home or teleworking. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Make telework decisions based on the job, not ‘managerial preference,’ OPM says

Workforce

(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

USPS lifts mask mandate for fully vaccinated employees amid workforce changes

Workforce

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

FILE- A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Thursday, July 22, 2021, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The number of Americans getting a COVID-19 vaccine has been rising in recent days as virus cases once again surge and officials raise dire warnings about the consequences of remaining unvaccinated. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

VA mandates COVID-19 vaccine for health care workers

Veterans Affairs

Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP)

How would a new $6.5B advanced research projects agency for NIH work?

Management

HUD, OPM gain new technology executives, CBP losing its CISO

Reporter's Notebook

Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., questions Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount during a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing one day after the Justice Department revealed it had recovered the majority of the $4.4 million ransom payment the company made in hopes of getting its system back online, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Senators looking to mandate whistleblower training for all VA employees

Federal Newscast

Last week of legislating before Congress departs for August recess

Congress

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Amber English wins gold medal and sets new Olympic record in Women's Skeet Shooting at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Army 1st Lt. Amber English wins gold in Tokyo

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Agencies begin setting tentative reentry dates for federal employees

Some organizations are tentatively eyeing fall agency reentry dates for their employees, but they face pressure from some members of Congress, who want…

Workforce

Activists appeal for a $15 minimum wage near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill being prepped in Congress includes a provision that over five years would hike the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Labor Dept. offering sessions for federal contractor minimum wage increase

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Department of Labor will offer virtual seminars throughout August to prepare for federal contract minimum wage increases.

Management

GAO: Agencies could’ve been more transparent in pandemic response OTA’s

Executive orders can be hard to implement if the language is too dense for most

What’s different — if anything — about Biden’s ‘Buy American’ agenda from past directives?

Executive order contains 72 initiatives on boosting competition in federal contracting

Make telework decisions based on the job, not ‘managerial preference,’ OPM says

USPS lifts mask mandate for fully vaccinated employees amid workforce changes

VA mandates COVID-19 vaccine for health care workers

How would a new $6.5B advanced research projects agency for NIH work?

HUD, OPM gain new technology executives, CBP losing its CISO

Senators looking to mandate whistleblower training for all VA employees

Last week of legislating before Congress departs for August recess

Army 1st Lt. Amber English wins gold in Tokyo

Agencies begin setting tentative reentry dates for federal employees

Labor Dept. offering sessions for federal contractor minimum wage increase

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