Covid-19
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Federal employees working from home largely report being more productive than when they go into the office, and while large-scale oversight efforts from the Government Accountability Office have only just started, GAO has acknowledged that it’s also seeing improvements from its own employees.
June 18, 2020 -
Roughly 85% of federal teleworkers said they were uncomfortable with the prospects of returning to the office after three months of remote work, according to a Federal News Network survey.
June 18, 2020 -
Proxy voting with or without quorum, video hearings, limiting member travel and maintaining social distancing at the Capitol have required lawmakers to reconsider the long-term viability of some well-established practices.
June 18, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, telework limitations rank high up on the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee’s list of federal agency challenges during the pandemic.
June 18, 2020 -
Now federal agencies have been forced into transitioning from an industrial age model of how to manage people to an information age construct.
June 18, 2020 -
GSA is modifying its janitorial services contracts for federally-owned buildings, and will begin issuing unilateral lease amendments on Friday to the owners of more than 8,000 federal leased office spaces.
June 17, 2020 -
What a year to be director of the Congressional Budget Office. No one imagined what would soon strike the country.
June 17, 2020 -
Agencies, relocation management companies and their suppliers need to continue to plan additional support approaches and keep employee-facing suppliers apprised of the most recent protocols being put in place regarding coronavirus.
June 16, 2020 -
The Special Inspector General for Pandemic Response Brian Miller was confirmed by the Senate last week -- so now we wait and see.
June 16, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Senate applauds the State Department for bringing more than 100,000 Americans home during the coronavirus pandemic.
June 16, 2020 -
This week on Federal Tech Talk, Bob Stevens, vice president, Americas at Lookout, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how his company is helping agencies protect the phones and computers of employees who are teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 16, 2020 -
The Environmental Protection Agency launched a data-driven "facility status dashboard" to inform leaders' reopening decisions, while other federal agencies have begun their own "phase one" openings this week.
June 15, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the IRS will no longer be giving employees 10-25% pay increase for going into the office during the coronavirus pandemic.
June 15, 2020 -
The Pentagon expects to move ahead with its plan to downsize or close dozens of medical facilities by the end of 2020.
June 15, 2020 -
Much of the federal workforce has spent the three months working from home. When work is about what you do, not where you do it, where does that leave locality pay?
June 15, 2020