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Administrative changes are the first step in civil service modernization

Administrative changes have the advantage of being entirely within the power of the executive branch, says Jeff Neal. There is no need to wait for Congress…

Commentary

New VA secretary ‘digging in’ on agency’s collective bargaining challenges

Veterans Affairs

Agencies tweak COVID-19 safety plans following Biden’s mask mandate

Workforce

Your ideal work-from-home schedule: No days, every day or something in between?

Federal Report

DMV lawmakers want government to have its own batch of COVID vaccines for federal workers

Federal Newscast

Complex appointments clause challenges throw some MSPB cases in limbo

Workforce Rights/Governance

DoD improves oversight over private military housing, but with new costs to taxpayers

Defense News

Office that oversees congressional employee rights having a busier new year than normal

Congress

A nurse prepares a syringe of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a nationwide vaccination campaign, at the Saint George Hospital, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Lebanon launched its inoculation campaign after receiving the first batch of the vaccine — 28,500 doses from Brussels with more expected to arrive in the coming weeks. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Agencies should offer leave to federal employees to get vaccines, new task force says

Workforce

More paid leave for federal employees takes another step towards reality

Federal Newscast

FILE - This June 21, 2013, file photo, shows the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. In a federal lawsuit filed this week, U.S. Navy veteran from South Carolina says he ended up with “full-blown AIDS,” because government health care workers never informed him of his positive test result in 1995. He says the test was done as part of standard lab tests at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Columbia, South Carolina. A V.A. spokeswoman says the agency typically does not comment on pending litigation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Oversight offices see glimmers of progress in DoD, VA electronic health records

DoD Reporter's Notebook

New study says sexual assault in the military is starting to hurt overall strength

In today’s Federal Newscast, as sexual assault continues to be a bigger issue in the military, a new study finds it is affecting retention.

Federal Newscast

A foreign worker receives her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Tel Aviv City Hall and the Sourasky Medical Center started administering vaccines free of charge to the city's foreign nationals, many of whom are undocumented asylum seekers. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

DOJ employees not required to get vaccine, but agency can ask if they have or not

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Justice Department isn’t requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for its employees right now, but it may have more vaccine information…

Federal Newscast

Top challenges for IGs with the new administration

Agency Oversight

Michael Horowitz and Allison Lerner discussed what the inspectors general community thinks of the top challenges for the federal government in the next year.

Administrative changes are the first step in civil service modernization

New VA secretary ‘digging in’ on agency’s collective bargaining challenges

Agencies tweak COVID-19 safety plans following Biden’s mask mandate

Your ideal work-from-home schedule: No days, every day or something in between?

DMV lawmakers want government to have its own batch of COVID vaccines for federal workers

Complex appointments clause challenges throw some MSPB cases in limbo

DoD improves oversight over private military housing, but with new costs to taxpayers

Office that oversees congressional employee rights having a busier new year than normal

Agencies should offer leave to federal employees to get vaccines, new task force says

More paid leave for federal employees takes another step towards reality

Oversight offices see glimmers of progress in DoD, VA electronic health records

New study says sexual assault in the military is starting to hurt overall strength

DOJ employees not required to get vaccine, but agency can ask if they have or not

Top challenges for IGs with the new administration

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