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New Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said he hasn't made any decisions yet on how he'll approach collective bargaining, but he's meeting with labor leaders and getting to know employees at the department.
Several agencies have revised and issued new COVID-19 safety plans in recent weeks, reinforcing telework strategies and offering more specific guidance on mask wearing.
Will the office ever look the same once the pandemic is over? One small agency surveyed its employees and supervisors about telework, and here's what they had to say.
In today's Federal Newscast, lawmakers in the national capital region say the federal government should get its own supply to vaccinate federal workers.
A series of appointments clause challenges have created a second, albeit much smaller, backlog of pending cases awaiting action from the Merit Systems Protection Board.
The military services have hired hundreds of new staff to ensure troops and their families have decent living conditions, but DoD says sustaining the improvements they've made will cost an extra $120 million per year.
For how they're faring, Federal Drive with Tom Temin checked in with the Executive Director of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, Susan Tsui Grundmann.
Agencies should offer administrative leave to federal employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force says. The task force also suggested employees who ignore the mask mandate could face disciplinary action.
In today's Federal Newscast, the House Oversight and Reform Committee cleared a 570-million-dollar emergency paid leave sick leave bank for federal employees and postal workers.
Tests on VA's new system showed more than 500 serious problems as recently as last summer. The department managed to resolve or work around almost all of them by the time of its first deployment in October.
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.
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 at a later date.
Michael Horowitz and Allison Lerner discussed what the inspectors general community thinks of the top challenges for the federal government in the next year.
In today's Federal Newscast, Maryland and Virginia Democrats say federal employees should have the option of taking administrative leave to get the COVID-19 vaccine.