COVID-19 vaccine
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Veterans Affairs says it's ready to offer COVID-19 booster shots to veterans and employees who have received their first vaccine doses six months ago or longer.
September 27, 2021 -
That vaccine mandate for federal employees and contractors working at federal facilities has got feathers flying. Practical ones, legal ones, constitutional ones.
September 21, 2021 -
Hitting hard at the unvaccinated, military COVID deaths nearly double since mid-July. Customs and Border Protection opens a first-of-its-kind facility for checking air shipments. And new Interior leadership means the Bureau of Land Management headquarters will return to D.C.
September 20, 2021 -
For contractors and feds alike, the waiting for final COVID rules and protocols is as bad as what the rules might be.
September 17, 2021 -
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t make many headlines
September 16, 2021 -
Army Reserve and Army National Guard soldiers will have until the end of June next year.
September 14, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, nearly a dozen military service members dies of COVID-19 in August.
September 13, 2021 -
President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to curb the surging COVID-19 delta variant
September 09, 2021 -
The order simply requires agencies to stand up a program requiring vaccinations for all executive branch employees. A second order requires agencies to embed new COVID-19 safety protocols as a requirement in federal contracts and solicitations.
September 09, 2021 -
Federal managers say key details of the administration's vaccine and testing program are still unresolved, and they worry about enforcing a policy with the workforce, which — like the rest of the country — has pockets of vaccine hesitancy and resistance.
August 25, 2021 -
Military service members must immediately begin to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says in a memo Wednesday, ordering service leaders to “impose ambitious timelines for implementation.”
August 25, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Pentagon is determining what it should do with billions intended for the Afghan armed forces.
August 25, 2021 -
There’s still a lot of confusion about exactly how agencies will implement President Biden’s vaccine mandate. But one thing that’s really clear is that it’s a bad idea to lie to your agency about your vaccination status.
August 24, 2021 -
The Pentagon says it will require service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine now that the Pfizer vaccine has received full approval
August 23, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Biden administration wants to hire potentially thousands of new federal employees to overhaul the asylum process for immigrants arriving at the border.
August 20, 2021