Workforce Rights/Governance

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. President Joe Biden has selected two former senior National Security Agency officials for key cyber roles in his administration. Chris Inglis, a former NSA deputy director, is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director. Jen Easterly, a former deputy for counterterrorism at the NSA, has been tapped to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

CISA looks to tie together public-private partnerships through new cyber planning office

A new “Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative” launched by the agency includes major cloud providers, telecommunications giants, and cyber threat hunting companies.

Cybersecurity

Navy’s top doctor says it may be time to require COVID-19 vaccine for service members

Federal Newscast

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After years of contentious negotiations, HHS, NTEU agree to labor relations reset

Unions

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Whistle blower or whistleblower concept as a symbol of a secret informer agent posing as an employee with his cast shadow of a whistle as a metaphor for inside infoermation on misconduct in a 3D illustration style.

Federal employees have some of the worst whistleblower protections in the country, advocates say

Workforce Rights/Governance

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FILE - In this April 26, 2021 file photo, a nursing student administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at UNLV, in Las Vegas. Lagging vaccination rates among nursing home staff are being linked to a national increase in COVID-19 infections and deaths at senior facilities in July and are at the center of a federal investigation in a hard-hit Colorado location where disease detectives found many workers were not inoculated. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Will feds get The Vaccine — or sue instead?

Federal Report

Proposed vaccine mandate for federal employees could face some legal hurdles

Federal Newscast

(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

A postal worker loads a delivery vehicle at the United States Post Office in Cranberry Township, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

USPS lifts mask mandate for fully vaccinated employees amid workforce changes

Workforce

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)

Next question: Will the Senate go along with House oversight proposals?

Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest congressional outlook from WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.

Congress

FLRA again sides with union on decision reinstating certain VA employees

Veterans Affairs must reinstate certain employees who were fired, demoted or suspended without a chance to improve their performance, according to a decision…

Veterans Affairs

Long-awaited federal employee whistleblower protections advance in key House committee

Workforce Rights/Governance

The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Tuesday advanced two bills aimed, in part, at addressing the impacts of the four-year lack of quorum at the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Workforce Rights/Governance

CISA looks to tie together public-private partnerships through new cyber planning office

Navy’s top doctor says it may be time to require COVID-19 vaccine for service members

After years of contentious negotiations, HHS, NTEU agree to labor relations reset

Federal employees have some of the worst whistleblower protections in the country, advocates say

Will feds get The Vaccine — or sue instead?

Proposed vaccine mandate for federal employees could face some legal hurdles

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

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

Report raises questions about commanders’ ability to handle legal decisions

Next question: Will the Senate go along with House oversight proposals?

FLRA again sides with union on decision reinstating certain VA employees

Long-awaited federal employee whistleblower protections advance in key House committee

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