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Agency heads now have a detailed decision-making framework from the Trump administration, which describes how, consistent with local conditions, they should gradually begin to reopen federal offices and call their employees back from mandatory telework programs during the coronavirus pandemic.
This week on Federal Tech Talk, Stephen Kovac, vice president of Global Government and Compliance at Zscaler, joins host John Gilroy to discuss the pros and cons of secured remote access.
Congress might be adjourned but members are still arguing over the size, scope and timing of a fourth coronavirus stimulus bill.
People in the National Archives and Records Administration's records center in St. Louis recently delivered supplies to the VA medical center in the city.
Congress is regrouping to figure out a fourth stimulus bill. Several members have said it should focus on infrastructure.
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies are starting to make some initial preparations for employees to return to the office.
It’s been several years since budget challenges caused federal agencies to offer widespread buyouts and early-outs to their workforces, but the Defense Contract Management Agency is finding itself in that position now.
Roughly one in five federal employees had worked remotely in 2018, according to newly released data from the Office of Personnel Management. Now telework is the new normal. Will it last?
Defense officials say the new restrictions, though longer, will allow for more liberal exceptions. But they released few details on what those exceptions would be.
In today's Federal Newscast, 403 new troops were diagnosed with COVID-19 in one day.
Customs and Border Protection said it rescinded weather and safety leave schedules for some officers to prepare for a potential influx of migrants at the southern border who might carry the virus. But the National Treasury Employees Union said the decision puts CBP officers at unnecessary risk at time when border traffic is down.
The ruling gives the Postal Service and its regulator more to consider about its future business model, as USPS warns Congress that the coronavirus pandemic has triggered a steep decline in mail the agency “may never fully recover” from.
Styles and modes vary, but in the federal community telework means work.
Eligibility in federal telework programs dipped slightly in 2018, while participation experienced a small bump. The latest data from the Office of Personnel Management sheds light on the state of telework across government -- before agencies were forced to quickly "maximize" it during the current pandemic.