Covid-19
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For more on what hazardous pay is all about and a little history, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to Federal Practice Group partner Ricardo J. A. Pitts-Wiley.
April 02, 2020 -
The Energy Department is bringing something a little larger to the coronavirus fight, the IBM Summit supercomputer.
April 02, 2020 -
Maryland is among the states with the highest concentration of federal employees, agencies and contractors, making drafting of the emergency stimulus bill signed last Friday by President Donald Trump especially important.
April 02, 2020 -
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences conferred degrees to more than 180 new medical professionals about six weeks early on Wednesday.
April 02, 2020 -
Resources exist to help feds during natural disasters, and they're mobilizing now to help out during the coronavirus.
April 02, 2020 -
Most of the people Senior Correspondent Mike Causey knows who are teleworking are going a little stir-crazy, binge-watching junk on TV they wouldn’t even know existed otherwise.
April 02, 2020 -
U.S. Navy officials say nearly 3,000 sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday as military leaders struggle to quarantine crew members in the face of an outbreak
April 02, 2020 -
At least one agency has issued an "evacuation order" for its employees to work from home during the coronavirus pandemic, regardless of their previous telework arrangements. Federal News Network explains evacuation payment authority and what it could mean for you.
April 01, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, three federal agencies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together in using 3D printing technology to build devices and objects used to treat coronavirus.
April 01, 2020 -
For details, Bloomberg Government Director of Contracts Dan Snyder joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 01, 2020 -
The Navy says it is now searching for appropriate places in Guam to house the 4,000 crewmembers of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt. The change followed a letter from the ship's commanding officer warning the onboard isolation strategy was "ineffective."
March 31, 2020 -
Service members are feeling more financial pressure as the COVID-19 crisis continues.
March 31, 2020 -
In the search to understand the coronavirus and its implications, the government is marshaling much of its supercomputer capacity.
March 31, 2020 -
The General Services Administration, in response to the pandemic, has opened up the multiple award schedule contracts to state and local governments.
March 31, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Pentagon’s inspector general will take the lead in trying to head off waste, fraud and abuse in the newly-passed coronavirus spending package.
March 31, 2020