Covid-19
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A government shutdown in three weeks is unlikely, but Congress still has to work out details of a continuing resolution. Then there's the matter of that $47 billion in immediate spending, the White House has requested for COVID relief and a few other things.
September 12, 2022 -
In the fall of 2021, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 14042, which, among other things, directed federal agencies to require federal contractors and subcontractors to mandate that most of their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.
September 09, 2022 -
The debate rolls on is remote and teleworking good for productivity and team performance. There is no clear answer.
September 06, 2022 -
When the first COVID vaccines came out in early 2021. It turned from a scientific problem to a logistics problem, how to distribute millions of doses to Americans clamoring to get them.
September 06, 2022 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. The Biden administration, expecting Congress will need more time to pass a comprehensive spending package for fiscal…
September 02, 2022 -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leadership recently announced the agency will undergo an overhaul to address the causes of repeated missteps during the pandemic.
September 01, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: An appeals court decision might mean a return to the COVID vaccine mandates for federal contractors. The SBA reinvigorates its women-owned small business contracting initiative. And Ft. Bragg's moldy barracks seem to be nothing to brag about.
August 29, 2022 -
Deborah Haywood, of McKesson Medical Surgical, joined this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the imperative of medical supply chain resilience and the role of the national strategic stockpile.
August 22, 2022 -
One big lesson from the COVID pandemic: you need solid data to mount an effective response. And that was one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's biggest challenges in the early days of COVID-19.
August 19, 2022 -
New screening testing guidance, updates on policies for unvaccinated individuals and more from the Safer Federal Workforce task force.
August 16, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service expects to raise mail prices in January 2023.
August 10, 2022 -
Are you a nervous introvert to who dreads going back to the office? Or are you a lonely extrovert who can’t wait for those sessions around the water cooler?
August 04, 2022 -
AFGE, which represents around 283,000 VA employees, said 70% of respondents reported needing more administrative and support staff, and 64% said there are vacant positions for which no recruitment is taking place.
August 03, 2022 -
President Joe Biden is set to name top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to serve as the White House coordinators to combat the growing monkeypox outbreak
August 01, 2022 -
The early days of the COVID pandemic were chaotic, you might say. Health and Human Services was as busy as any agency. Among its tasks, ensuring unaccompanied children taken in at U.S. borders were kept in environments safe from the disease. How did the agency do?
July 12, 2022