Covid-19
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Businesses who took [Paycheck] Protection Plan money to tide them over through the early months of the pandemic have a reckoning. The Small Business Administration is following up with a loan necessity questionnaire.
December 17, 2020 -
The service dropped nearly half of the occupations from its reenlistment bonus list for 2021.
December 16, 2020 -
The United Service Organizations have received a $3 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to support its Combat COVID-19 initiative.
December 16, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bipartisan group of six Senators want the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to submit a report to Congress about the impact of the SolarWinds cyber attack on agencies.
December 16, 2020 -
The State Department has prioritized vaccines for its frontline medical personnel, critical operations and maintenance staff and some diplomatic security personnel in the national capital region. The Department of Veterans Affairs detailed a risk order for its 248,000 frontline healthcare professionals and where they fall in line.
December 16, 2020 -
The president's recent Schedule F executive order allows agencies to reclassify career federal employees in certain policymaking positions into a new schedule of quasi political appointees.
December 15, 2020 -
When things go wrong and affect a lot of people, the government sometimes appoints commissions to do after-the-fact analysis and come up with recommendations for congresses and administrations to try and prevent recurrences.
December 14, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, five years after the Office of Federal Procurement Policy issued guidance on reverse auctions, the Federal Acquisition Regulations Council is finally implementing it.
December 10, 2020 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs ordered 73,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and is preparing to distribute them whenever the Food and Drug Administration grants emergency-use authorization. But VA's top healthcare leader said the amount isn't "adequate" to reach its employees and veterans, especially those in remote locations.
December 09, 2020 -
The inoculations will go to health care workers and cover about 8% of DoD's medical staff.
December 09, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has questions about his fellow Democrat’s choice to lead the Pentagon.
December 09, 2020 -
Despite longstanding technology challenges with legacy IT and challenges recruiting and hiring in-demand talent, agencies under the pandemic have reshaped the way they use technology to meet their missions.
December 09, 2020 -
Much of the federal workforce has been teleworking on a semi-regular basis since mid-March when the COVID-19 pandemic began in earnest. With 2020 coming to a close, it's time to take stock of the last nine months and look forward to the next year.
December 08, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Congress wants more transparency about the use of Other Transaction Authority in Defense spending.
December 08, 2020 -
Congress will begin voting Wednesday on a temporary funding stop-gap that will keep the government through Dec. 18. Congressional leaders have repeatedly said they're not expecting a government shutdown, but some agencies have updated their contingency plans for the pandemic just in case.
December 07, 2020