Facilities/Construction

Proposed vaccine mandate for federal employees could face some legal hurdles

In today’s Federal Newscast, the federal employee vaccination mandate expected from the White House may not go down easy.

Federal Newscast

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documents, papers, files, records, office

GSA offers HQ as telework space for other feds to reduce real estate footprint

Facilities/Construction

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USPS lifts mask mandate for fully vaccinated employees amid workforce changes

Workforce

(AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

The new USS Little Rock arrives at Buffalo harbor with a police and fireboat escort, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Buffalo, N.Y. The littoral combat ship will be docked on the Lake Erie waterfront until its commissioning Dec. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thhompson)

Pentagon faces political battle to retire old weapons systems — and some newer ones

Defense

(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

‘Confusing’ chain of command hangs over Veterans Affairs police reforms

Veterans Affairs

From left, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.,Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-O.R., announce a draft bill that would decriminalize marijuana on a federal level, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

COVID safety protocols, infrastructure and insurrection on Congress’ agenda this week

Congress

FILE - This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer. The Biden administration will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity against critical U.S. infrastructure, including ransomware attacks. The administration is launching the website stopransomware.gov to offer the public resources for countering the threat. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Biden administration launches new website to combat ransomware

Federal Newscast

Federal labs consortium director has to manage dozens of agency engineers

Technology

A new crew takes over leadership of the Federal Laboratory Consortium

Technology

Judges wooden gavel resting on a law book in a courtroom conceptual of judgements, crime, punishment, and justice

Report raises questions about commanders’ ability to handle legal decisions

DoD Reporter's Notebook

What remote work successes mean for agencies and their physical footprint

Workforce

NSA didn’t oversee a $400M contract very well

Facilities management contracts sound like mundane things. But they’re expensive, and they require no less oversight than any other type of contract.

Agency Oversight

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House appropriators formally endorse Biden’s 2022 federal pay proposal

House members are silent on federal pay in their 2022 draft appropriations bill, meaning they’ll defer to the president’s recommendation for a 2.7% raise…

Pay

FILE - In this July 9, 2013, file photo, traffic flows through the main gate past a welcome sign in Fort Hood, Texas. A new study finds that female soldiers at Army bases in Texas, Colorado, Kansas and Kentucky face a greater risk of sexual assault and harassment than those at other posts, accounting for more than a third of all active duty Army women sexually assaulted in 2018. The study by RAND Corporation was released Friday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Study: Texas bases lead Army posts in risk of sexual assault

Army

A new study finds that female soldiers at Army bases in Texas, Colorado, Kansas and Kentucky face a greater risk of sexual assault and harassment than those at other posts, accounting for more than a third of all active duty Army women sexually assaulted in 2018

Facilities/Construction

Proposed vaccine mandate for federal employees could face some legal hurdles

GSA offers HQ as telework space for other feds to reduce real estate footprint

USPS lifts mask mandate for fully vaccinated employees amid workforce changes

Pentagon faces political battle to retire old weapons systems — and some newer ones

‘Confusing’ chain of command hangs over Veterans Affairs police reforms

COVID safety protocols, infrastructure and insurrection on Congress’ agenda this week

Biden administration launches new website to combat ransomware

Federal labs consortium director has to manage dozens of agency engineers

A new crew takes over leadership of the Federal Laboratory Consortium

Report raises questions about commanders’ ability to handle legal decisions

What remote work successes mean for agencies and their physical footprint

NSA didn’t oversee a $400M contract very well

House appropriators formally endorse Biden’s 2022 federal pay proposal

Study: Texas bases lead Army posts in risk of sexual assault

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