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Supply remains VA’s biggest hurdle in vaccinating broader veteran population

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it’s been able to vaccinate its health care workers with relative speed, but reaching the broader veteran population…

Veterans Affairs

Military has new way to keep in touch with service members during stressful times

Defense

New legislation means new benefits for National Guard members

Defense

Va. congressman wants to know vaccination plans for federal employees

Federal Newscast

NDAA veto could jeopardize pay and benefits for nurses, Gold Star Families and other military occupations

Defense

Congress seals agreement on $900 billion COVID relief bill

Budget

VA health care workers feeling pandemic burnout: ‘We don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel’

Veterans Affairs

Shereyah Barbera, Annice Sterling, and Magdelena Litwinczuk, ICU nurses from Northwell Health, a New York hospital chain, who will support ICU teams at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, link arms at a news conference in Murray, Utah on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Health plan perk: No taxes, ever — a Roth IRA on steroids!

Federal Report

GAO crafting high risk health policy report for incoming administration, Congress

Between the Defense Department, the Veterans Affairs Department and the Health and Human Services Department, the government is one of the biggest health…

Management

FILE - In this May 6, 2020, photo, United States Postal Service carrier Henrietta Dixon gets into her truck to deliver mail in Philadelphia. Officials from six states and the District of Columbia are in court Thursday, Sept. 24, to ask a federal judge to halt alleged slowdowns at the U.S. Postal Service that they say threaten the upcoming presidential election(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

USPS weathering the storm through 2020 election

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Postal Service reports an uptick in mail volume a few weeks ahead of Election Day, but on-time delivery is also on the rise.

Federal Newscast

Federal employees will pay nearly 5% more toward health premiums in 2021

Open Season

Participants in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) can expect to pay, on average, 4.9% more for their health insurance in 2021. Participants may pay more or less depending on the options they choose.

Supply remains VA’s biggest hurdle in vaccinating broader veteran population

Oversight offices see glimmers of progress in DoD, VA electronic health records

Staff at VHA take stock as the agency celebrates 75 year of history

GAO troubled by ‘critical gaps’ in government’s vaccine distribution plan

Military has new way to keep in touch with service members during stressful times

New legislation means new benefits for National Guard members

Va. congressman wants to know vaccination plans for federal employees

NDAA veto could jeopardize pay and benefits for nurses, Gold Star Families and other military occupations

Congress seals agreement on $900 billion COVID relief bill

VA health care workers feeling pandemic burnout: ‘We don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel’

Health plan perk: No taxes, ever — a Roth IRA on steroids!

GAO crafting high risk health policy report for incoming administration, Congress

USPS weathering the storm through 2020 election

Federal employees will pay nearly 5% more toward health premiums in 2021

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