Alex Azar

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021, file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. Millions of U.S. workers now have a Jan. 4 deadline to get a COVID vaccine. The federal government on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 announced new vaccine requirements for workers at companies with more than 100 employees as well as workers at health care facilities that treat Medicare and Medicaid patients.. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

How Operation Warp Speed led to a vaccine

As the federal health apparatus contemplates whether a second COVID-19 booster shot is a good idea, it’s good to recall the national effort that resulted…

Management

Dr. Cletus Oppong, who specializes in occupational medicine, is the first to receive the first round of the Moderna vaccine by Clinical Pharmacist Erin Conkright on Thursday morning , Dec. 24, 2020, at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital in Owensboro, Ky.

Va. congressman wants to know vaccination plans for federal employees

Federal Newscast

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Telework capacity wasn’t ‘good investment’ before coronavirus, now agencies see unprecedented stress tests

Cybersecurity

Federal response to the coronavirus is in full swing

Federal Newscast

Public Health Service gets congressional attention for ready reserve corps

Workforce

New location for BLM headquarters announced

Federal Newscast

AP/Susan Walsh

House Committee chairman wants investigation into Border Patrol Facebook group

Federal Newscast

DHS gets kudos for management reforms

Federal Newscast

Pair of bills would ensure federal workers don’t lose insurance during future shutdowns

Federal Newscast

National Treasury Employees Union President Tony Reardon rallies with bargaining unit employees in front of the Health and Human Services Department building on Thursday afternoon. (Federal News Network)

PHOTOS: NTEU protests deadlock over HHS bargaining negotiations

Unions

Voice of America fires 15 staffers for accepting bribes from a foreign official

Federal Newscast

OPM suggests agencies allow more telework for DC-area feds amid Metro track work

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management is encouraging agencies to let Washington-area employees use telework and other workplace…

Federal Newscast

Executive orders prompt worrisome new bargaining proposals from HHS, NTEU says

The National Treasury Employees Union said it received bargaining proposals from the Health and Human Services Department that exclude previously-negotiated…

Unions