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The bill funds the federal government through Dec. 16 and gives Congress more time to work out a comprehensive spending package for the rest of fiscal 2023.
In today's Federal Newscast: Nearly $3 million in possible COVID fraud is tied to DHS employees. A government shutdown is off the table, probably. And one of the longest serving agency Chief Information Officers is retiring.
The Million Veteran Program of the Veterans Affairs Department does not quite have a million participants. But it did recently reach 900,000.
For many people who contract the COVID virus, the illness comes and goes. Others develop what's known as long COVID. Symptoms last weeks or months. The Veterans Affairs Department has developed what it calls a whole health approach to long COVID. With how VA practitioners are dealing with long COVID, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Dr. Elizabeth Brill, the deputy assistant undersecretary for health.
The past couple of years have seen tectonic changes in the work force; both from the perspective of employers and employees. COVID-19 and the quarantine saw a work force that was already moving towards flexible schedules move to telework and remote work. Now, those changes are becoming the norm.
The pandemic has depressed blood and plasma donations to what the Health and Human Services Department is calling historic lows.
Clifford Lane is the clinical director for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a Service to America Medal finalist
In today's Federal Newscast: If you work inside the Pentagon, you'll experience almost no workplace COVID-related restrictions. A new crop of White House Fellows prepares to start work in the federal government. And there are concerns about a software supply chain provision in the NDAA.
In today's Federal Newscast: Most GSA childcare facilities did not test their drinking water, which was likely contaminated, after returning from the COVID shutdown. Bipartisan lawmakers are looking to limit the ability of some feds to trade individual stocks. And the Biden administration fills two brand-new positions to government.
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.
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.
The debate rolls on is remote and teleworking good for productivity and team performance. There is no clear answer.
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.
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