Covid-19
-
Before you can have continuity of operations, you need a little continuity of policy.
June 09, 2020 -
As agencies make plans to gradually bring federal employees and contractors back to the office, how comfortable are you with making the return or resuming "normal operations?"
June 09, 2020 -
The Interagency Security Committee is looking to ensure a safe return of employees and visitors to federal buildings as more agencies to reopen offices,
June 09, 2020 -
If you could work from home, would you work for less? That’s not an option for federal workers, yet, but it could be part of the major upheaval many experts predict as the world comes out of and slowly adjusts to life after the pandemic.
June 09, 2020 -
The State Department is taking a big step next week in bringing some employees back to the office, the first step in a multi-phase effort to resume full operations.
June 08, 2020 -
The coronavirus made in-person internships a risky proposition, but the Virtual Student Federal Service might see a higher-than-average level of interest when the application for students goes live July 1.
June 08, 2020 -
Some agencies are preparing to provide masks for their employees when they return. Others aren't requiring them. At some organizations, telework will be "encouraged" as they gradually reopen. For others, telework is still mandatory.
June 08, 2020 -
The pandemic has changed when and how federal employees work, creating new challenges and opportunities for managers, leaders at several agencies say.
June 05, 2020 -
COVID-19 exposed the fragility of the nation’s food supply chain and the limitations of how America’s producers have always done things.
June 05, 2020 -
With phased re-openings of our communities happening at different rates across the country a return to “normal” is months away.
June 05, 2020 -
Agencies are now attempting to meet the challenges of a remote workforce that they’ve never had to meet before, with the added pressure of a drastically compressed period of time to respond.
June 05, 2020 -
Though the Department of Veterans Affairs over-projected the impact the coronavirus pandemic would have on the veterans population, the agency said it's preparing for potential "rebound" in the fall.
June 04, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's inspector general says the agency was generally well prepared for the change to mandatory telework.
June 04, 2020 -
One state's unemployment insurance modernization effort a few years ago spared it from much of the COVID-19-related turmoil affecting many others.
June 04, 2020 -
If the government starts pushing employees to show up in offices without mandating masks and social distancing, we could see an uptick in retirement rates.
June 04, 2020