Covid-19
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While many organizations quickly modernized their existing IT infrastructure, the pandemic required more than effective technology.
July 27, 2021 -
The agency said employees who are not fully vaccinated must still wear a mask in situations where they can’t maintain a six-foot distance. However, the agency said it will not require any employee to provide proof of vaccination.
July 26, 2021 -
Title 38 health care workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs will have eight weeks to get fully vaccinated, per a new mandate from the agency.
July 26, 2021 -
Lawmakers are pressing the State Department to move more aggressively to address a backlog of as many as 2 million pending passport applications.
July 22, 2021 -
The Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to raise rates later this summer, after lawmakers asked the agency to postpone the increase.
July 20, 2021 -
A Senate measure would bolster safety for when feds returned to the office. This and more updates from WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.
July 19, 2021 -
Vaccination rates have risen significantly among active duty service members, but DoD health officials still consider the Delta variant as a threat.
July 01, 2021 -
It took a lot of collaboration between the pharmaceutical industry and the government to get COVID-19 vaccines developed and proven safe.
June 30, 2021 -
Results from this year's Best Places to Work rankings show federal agencies receiving high marks in their handling of the pandemic, but leadership effectiveness scores still showed much room for improvement.
June 29, 2021 -
New legislation could push the Defense Department and prime contractors to better understand supply chain vulnerabilities in the wake of COVID-19.
June 25, 2021 -
When the pandemic shut down worldwide travel, some 100,000 Americans were stranded in nations across the globe. Then the State Department's best stepped in.
June 23, 2021 -
Last year was a good one to be a federal contractor because of the pandemic and a few other things. Federal contract spending went up by double digits.
June 22, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, beginning June 23rd, those working in the Pentagon will begin to see some new coronavirus restrictions lifted.
June 22, 2021 -
Administration sets up a complicated and long set of reports and planning deadlines before feds can actually return to their regular offices.
June 18, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, with vaccine rates lagging among some members of the armed forces, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is reportedly weighing whether or not to make it mandatory.
June 16, 2021