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President Joe Biden is set to name top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to serve as the White House coordinators to combat the growing monkeypox outbreak
To sort out what's going on with court battles over federal employee mask mandates and what agency management might do, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with attorney Stephanie Rapp-Tully.
Federal employees, no less than people in other occupations, sometimes have to deal with pain resulting from injuries. In recent years, many of them have become addicted to opioids. Thanks to the work of my next guest, over the past five years the number of federal employees using opioids has dropped by 58%. For his work, he's a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. Antonio Rios, the division director of Federal Employees', Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation at the Department of Labor, talked with Federal Drive host Tom Temin.
The United States is helping Ukraine militarily, but only indirectly. When it comes to health care for the besieged Ukrainians, the aid and cooperation are more direct. Much of the work falls to the Health and Human Services Department.
AmeriCorps is the government's premier agency for engaging volunteers of all ages to help with the nation's pressing problems. At the end of last year, it got an energetic new CEO when the Senate confirmed Michael Smith
Latest public opinion poll doesn't really break much new ground. But it's good to know public trusts public servants more than the government itself.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force has new guidance for masking and COVID testing for federal agencies.
A federal watchdog says the government's main health agency is failing to meet its responsibilities for leading the national response to public health emergencies including the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather disasters and even potential bioterrorist attacks
Members will resume budget talks that started late last week, which is encouraging given that the continuing resolution deadline is just a month away.
The move exempts tens of thousands of federal contractors from the federal vaccine mandate.
The Department of Homeland Security says Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has tested positive for COVID-19
The nine appropriations bills that Senate Democrats unveiled Monday are silent on the topic of federal pay, meaning they'll defer to the president's recommendation for a 2.7% raise for employees in 2022.
The Navy has outlined its process for discharging sailors who refuse the vaccine. Meanwhile, the Air Force has already started to issue formal reprimands.
A recent executive order forces all of government to consider how the federal work environment — from the digital tools agencies use to the physical workspace — can best meet everyone's needs, including employees with disabilities.