COVID-19 RESOURCE: How your agency is reopening
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Fewer than 100 of the nearly 5,000 sailors assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for the virus, but the Navy is moving sailors into various facilities.
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At least one agency has issued an "evacuation order" for its employees to work from home during the coronavirus pandemic, regardless of their previous telework arrangements. Federal News Network explains evacuation payment authority and what it could mean for you.
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The Justice Department sent guidance to state and local law enforcement telling them to allow federal employees to travel to and from work during lock down.
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DoD's latest stop-movement order will halt a significant number of the military services' overseas deployments and redeployments for the next 60 days.
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The Office of Personnel Management said agencies can virtually offer the oath of office and remotely collect onboarding documents from new employees during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Eight Pentagon entrances will be closed and mandatory temperature taking may be put into effect to enter the building.
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As the federal government response to the coronavirus pandemic ramps up, GOP members of the House Transportation Committee have put out a list of relevant agency actions already taken.
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Social Security Administrator Andrew Saul told employees Saturday he would further expand telework across the agency amid growing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Office Management and Budget released FAQs for agencies and contractors to deal with coronavirus while DoD released a memo detailing what essential vendors mean for them.
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The same night President Donald Trump signed a $100 billion coronavirus aid package into law, four of the largest postal unions requested a similar relief package for the Postal Service, which has already been facing a looming financial crisis.
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The Office of Personnel Management gave the Department of Veterans Affairs an authority needed to quickly rehire former medical professionals for VA's coronavirus response efforts. These reemployed annuitants can work full time and receive a full salary and their retirement checks.
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Barely a week into the rollout of the 2020 Census, the Census Bureau has suspended all decennial hiring and onboarding until at least April 1, as part of its contingency planning amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Defense Department raised its threshold for 8(a) sole source contracts to $100 million as required by the 2020 Defense authorization bill. While not related to coronavirus outbreak, the timing is important.
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The Transportation Department has sent home its workforce at the Navy Yard headquarters in Washington, D.C., where an employee has tested positive for the coronavirus.
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More than 2,000 Guardsmen are already working for the states, that number will double by the weekend.