Covid-19

Labor Dept backs state-by-state refresh of UI benefits systems rocked by pandemic

The Labor Department is embarking on a state-by-state refresh of unemployment insurance (UI) systems pushed to their limits at the height of the pandemic.

Management

FILE - In this Sunday, March 21, 2021 file photo a vial and syringes of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, at the Guru Nanak Gurdwara Sikh temple, on the day the first Vaisakhi Vaccine Clinic is launched, in Luton, England. AstraZeneca said Monday March 22, 2021 that advanced trial data from a U.S. study on its COVID vaccine shows it is 79% effective. The U.S. study comprised 30,000 volunteers, 20,000 of whom were given the vaccine while the rest got dummy shots. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

OMB discards COVID-19 executive orders

Federal Newscast

National Archives and Records Administration

National Archives clears pandemic-era backlog for vet records, seeks to digitize decades of paper

Veterans Affairs

Labor Dept watchdog offers buyouts, early retirement to cut staffing by 20%

Workforce

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New DHS supply chain center aims to head off future crises

Open Data/Transparency

What can be done in the public-health sector to combat misinformation?

Health News

COVID-compliance requirements in job postings are so 10 minutes ago, OPM says

Federal Newscast

Bob Westbrooks, former inspector general and executive director of Pandemic Response Accountability Team

Search for Accountability

A GSA acquisition policy update

Off the Shelf

Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

VA sets higher in-office work requirements for teleworking employees this fall

Workforce

Curbside service to assist with hearing aid issues
Drive-through set up for Veterans

Many veterans not getting the lifeline they need from TAP

Federal Report

FILE - In this July 6, 2020, photo, a sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The Justice Department on Tuesday named Colette Peters, the director of Oregon’s prison system, to run the federal Bureau of Prisons, turning to a reform-minded outsider as it seeks to rebuild the beleaguered agenc (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Federal correctional officers continue the fight for COVID-19 hazardous-duty pay

In today’s Federal Newscast: The White House is being pressured to name a new cyber executive. A couple have senators have drafted a bill to require federal-agency…

Federal Newscast

Defense Department’s new wearable device detects illness before symptoms appear

A wearable device developed by DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit uses artificial intelligence to detect signs of COVID and other infections.

Defense

Alleged transgression costs major government contractor $22M

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast: A court awards some Oregon VA employees, added leave and back pay in a COVID-related case. An alleged transgression costs a major government contractor $22 million. And the Technology Modernization Fund Board hands out more millions.