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Agencies tweak COVID-19 safety plans following Biden’s mask mandate

Several agencies have revised and issued new COVID-19 safety plans in recent weeks, reinforcing telework strategies and offering more specific guidance…

Workforce

Union in ‘holding pattern’ as agencies decide how to rescind Trump executive orders

Unions

Pres. Biden looks to puts a hold on any midnight regulations from the Trump administration

Federal Newscast

Union files grievance against EPA administrator over recap of negotiations

Federal Newscast

Veterans Affairs gives an update on its vaccine distribution efforts

Federal Newscast

Better data management requires more education, communication across enterprise, experts say

Big Data

Biden picks Regan for EPA nominee, Haaland for interior head

People

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2017 file photo, Michael Regan listens as North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announces that Regan will lead the Department of Environmental Quality in North Carolina, at the Executive Manson in Raleigh, N.C. President-elect Joe Biden has picked an experienced but not widely known state regulator, Michael Regan of North Carolina, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Regan is head of North Carolina’s environmental agency. (Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer via AP)

Biden picks Regan for EPA nominee, Haaland for interior head

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FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building is shown in Washington. Six former Environmental Protection Agency chiefs are calling for an agency reset after President Donald Trump’s regulation-chopping, industry-minded first term. The group is presenting a detailed action plan drafted by former EPA staffers for whoever wins the Nov. 3 presidential election. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Evaluating EPA’s protocols on returning to the office

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this April 29, 2019 file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg, from South Bend, Indiana, listens during a lunch meeting with civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton at Sylvia's Restaurant in Harlem neighborhood of New York. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg to head the transportation department. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, Pool)

Biden taps Buttigieg for Transportation, Granholm for Energy

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IG: EPA pandemic guidance for employees differed by location

Federal Newscast

Agencies cut official time by 28% in 2019, per latest OPM data

Agencies reported a 28% drop in official time usage across government in 2019, according to a new report from the Office of Personnel Management.

Unions

IG: EPA isn’t checking if funding recipients are following civil rights policies

Organizations that receive funding from the EPA are required to adhere to section Six of the Civil Rights Act which bars racial discrimination. But agency…

Agency Oversight

Former top EPA official turned whistleblower is suing the agency for retaliation

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, a former top political aide to ex-EPA administrator Scott Pruitt claims EPA violated his free speech and due process rights by removing him after he raised concerns about Pruitt’s excessive spending and mismanagement.

Agencies tweak COVID-19 safety plans following Biden’s mask mandate

Union in ‘holding pattern’ as agencies decide how to rescind Trump executive orders

Pres. Biden looks to puts a hold on any midnight regulations from the Trump administration

Union files grievance against EPA administrator over recap of negotiations

Veterans Affairs gives an update on its vaccine distribution efforts

Better data management requires more education, communication across enterprise, experts say

Biden picks Regan for EPA nominee, Haaland for interior head

Biden picks Regan for EPA nominee, Haaland for interior head

Evaluating EPA’s protocols on returning to the office

Biden taps Buttigieg for Transportation, Granholm for Energy

IG: EPA pandemic guidance for employees differed by location

Agencies cut official time by 28% in 2019, per latest OPM data

IG: EPA isn’t checking if funding recipients are following civil rights policies

Former top EPA official turned whistleblower is suing the agency for retaliation

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