COVID-19 RESOURCE: How your agency is reopening
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The Census Bureau encourages households to self-respond to reduce the need for enumerators to knock on doors later this spring.
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The Air Force's trial at connected weapons systems in real time will be pushed until June.
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The Defense Department has set up a daily call with associations representing its vendors to take stock of how the coronavirus is impacting its industrial base while the White House has activated a 1950 law to give agencies procurement priority.
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Agencies have 48 hours to adopt an "aggressive posture" aimed at continuing critical government functions and preventing the spread of the coronavirus, the Trump administration said Tuesday night.
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The Postal Service has released new guidance on steps supervisors and managers can take to mitigate the threat, while postal employees and unions continue to seek answers.
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The Pentagon is still trying to assess how many of its employees in the national capital region could telework, but those who have started are already straining DoD's internet infrastructure.
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The National Association of State Chief Information Officers has cancelled their May 2020 midyear conference amid growing concerns around the spread of the coronavirus.
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The Defense Department's medical facilities are not made for infectious disease outbreaks.
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The Agriculture Department said eligible employees in the national capital region, Washington state and other regions impacted by the community spread of the coronavirus should begin telework Tuesday. USDA offices remain open, however.
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The Office of Personnel Management also announced an operating status change for the national capital region. Federal offices are open but with maximum telework flexibilities for eligible employees.
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The restrictions, which take effect Monday, will prohibit most domestic travel with few exceptions.
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The Office of Personnel Management wants federal health insurance providers to make sure they're ready for COVID-19. OPM urged Federal Employee Health Benefits carriers to ease up on typical cost sharing requirements for coronavirus testing and telehealth visits.
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Federal employee are expressing anger and fear over a lack of planning around telework by their agencies to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
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The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the Census Bureau to launch a coronavirus internal task force to “continuously monitor the situation nationwide.”
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The Social Security Administration will revert to pre-March telework schedules for some employees. It will set up a "work at home quarantine" option for SSA employees who must quarantine or those whose children are home due to a coronavirus-related school closure.