COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to boost the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement that employees at large businesses get a vaccine or test regularly and wear a mask on the job
January 13, 2022 -
The Safer Federal Workforce task force released a new and updated FAQs to help shed some light on lingering questions about testing of unvaccinated, on-site employees and contractors.
January 11, 2022 -
The Supreme Court recently heard arguments on the yes-or-no debate for a federal vaccine mandate.
January 10, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service is asking for a temporary exemption from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccine-and-testing mandate for large employers.
January 06, 2022 -
In a 2-1 decision, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals worried there'd be no limit to a president's authority over contractor employees if the government were allowed to impose a vaccine mandate.
January 06, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, while COVID-19 drove a majority of federal workers out of the office in 2020, new data from the Office of Personnel Management shows the increase in teleworking wasn't as dramatic as expected.
January 05, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, activist group asks the Senate Rules Committee and House Administration Committee to force the Capitol Police to publish inspector general reports online.
January 04, 2022 -
Tom's more or less semi-annual compilation of words and phrases that really get on our nerves.
December 30, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast: A former top government scientist is exposed for thousands of dollars in sloppy expense-account reporting. An $83 million contract might mean millions of COVID test kits in America's future. And online military exchanges are now available to a new crop of customers.
December 30, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Pentagon is taking new precautions against Omicron. Postal Service leadership is advising employees to be careful about online activity. And the Federal Managers Association chimes in about the NDAA.
December 29, 2021 -
A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled against the state in its lawsuit challenging the vaccine mandates for members of the Oklahoma National Guard.
December 28, 2021 -
For federal contractors, 2021 comes to an end with no appropriations for 2022 until halfway through the fiscal year.
December 28, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Defense Authorization Bill has been signed; We'll tell you about a few changes. Still on the Pentagon's Circumspect List: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. And in COVID news, more sailors test positive, while 66 more marines are fired.
December 28, 2021 -
The improved performance is a positive sign for USPS management. However, the latest COVID-19 quarantine figures indicate USPS will continue to contend with employee availability issues well into 2022.
December 27, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, auditors for the Department of Veterans Affairs say the data Veterans Affairs is using to measure its capacity to provide specialty health care might not be accurate.
December 21, 2021