Covid-19
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The Environmental Protection Agency is running a program to test chemicals that can clean surfaces and keep them clean.
August 07, 2020 -
With Congress and Trump administration still divided over the terms of the next coronavirus spending bill, top Democrats have doubled down on measures that would bolster the Postal Service ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
August 06, 2020 -
Employee unions say the Environmental Protection Agency has entered the next phase of its reopening plan without regard to its own metrics and criteria, which show rising coronavirus cases and positivity rates in the Washington, D.C. region. EPA down
August 05, 2020 -
Sheppard Mullin's Jonathan Aronie, David Douglass and Charles Kreindler join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss government oversight in the age of Covid-19 and what it means for contractors.
August 05, 2020 -
Whatever your status we’re all in the same boat thanks to the pandemic. But it is a very, very big boat -- and life on it is similar yet very different for all of us.
August 05, 2020 -
Less than a year after becoming secretary, Lonnie Bunch had to shutter the Smithsonian.
August 05, 2020 -
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), along with Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), asked Senate leadership to include a provision in the next stimulus bill to extend Section 3610 provisions that provide paid leave, including sick leave, to employees and subcontractors until Dec. 31, 2021.
August 04, 2020 -
CISA is thinking beyond the General Schedule approach to hiring in the federal government, which prioritizes experience in a professional setting, as well as degrees and certifications.
August 04, 2020 -
Congressional leaders haven't agreed yet to the big-ticket items in the next coronavirus relief package, but members are already pushing for smaller provisions. A bipartisan group of senators want Congress to require maximum telework for federal employees in the next bill.
August 03, 2020 -
The Senate returns this week with a pretty long list of things to do. Nomination votes, debating a coronavirus bill and the 2021 budget.
August 03, 2020 -
Lawmakers probably won't have time to slip ideas to better space procurement in this year's defense policy bill.
August 03, 2020 -
Tens of thousands of Thrift Savings Plan participants have taken advantage of the extra loan and withdrawal options Congress included in March's coronavirus relief legislation.
August 03, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, federal employees may be getting a stronger voice in what it means to return to the office during the coronavirus pandemic.
July 31, 2020 -
As telework gets old, leadership needs to remember the whole employee. That's why some agencies are taking steps for the care and feeding of their employees' psyches as this wears on.
July 31, 2020 -
The Defense Department is seeing a high percentage of 18-24 year-olds infected with COVID.
July 30, 2020