Covid-19

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In the post-pandemic era, the government is still perfecting its bio-responses

Given everything that happened in the pandemic of 2020, one would think the government would have learned a thing or two about bio responses. It has learned…

Agency Oversight

FILE - The Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington, April 5, 2009. The federal Department of Health and Human Services is failing to meet its responsibilities for leading the nation’s response to public health emergencies ranging from the coronavirus pandemic, to extreme weather disasters and even potential bioterror attacks, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog says in a report Thursday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

This head of an obscure multibillion-dollar agency, improves health care for millions of Americans

Health News

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Supply chain resiliency: Procurement lessons learned

Commentary

Mergers & acquisitions in GovCon

Amtower Off-Center

PRAC: Potentially over $5 billion in fraudulent pandemic loans from SBA

Federal Newscast

S.Gnatiuk

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Soldier sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for $3 million PPP loan fraud

Federal Newscast

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$7.9 million retrieved as DHS OIG tackles COVID-19 fraud

Federal Newscast

How one big state was able to manage its COVID-19 testing and management program

Technology

VA looks to build on pandemic lessons learned to fast-track hiring, onboarding

Veterans Affairs

Air Force, Space Force offer day off for servicemembers to get bivalent booster shot

Federal Newscast

FILE - The U.S. Capitol building is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March. 21, 2022. With an urgent funding request stuck in Congress, the Health Resources and Services Administration says it can no longer cover medical bills for COVID tests and treatments for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

What your agency can expect if the government gets redivided after the midterms

Congress

FILE - A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic at the Keystone First Wellness Center in Chester, Pa., Dec. 15, 2021. Pfizer says tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and boosts protection. Saturday, June 25, 2022 announcement comes just days before regulators debate whether to offer Americans updated booster shots this fall. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

For contractors, the wait-and-see mode for the vaccine mandate keeps rollin’ along

After months in limbo while awaiting court decisions, the vaccine mandate for government contractors will get some clarity. The Safer Federal Workforce…

Contracting

Another federal effort to fill another important workforce need

AmeriCorps and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have launched the new Public Health AmeriCorps to support the recruitment training and development…

Workforce

What the Army is doing to improve housing

Army

Army housing has been a sore subject for residents, Army leadership and Congress. But there’s been progress.