The Biden administration on Monday encouraged agencies to delay suspensions and firings for employees who fail to comply with the federal vaccine mandate through at least the holidays.
President Joe Biden is nominating Shalanda Young to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget
The agency with the highest vaccination rate is the U.S. Agency for International Development, while the lowest was in the Agriculture Department, according to the data.
All told, 95% of federal employees are either partially or fully vaccinated, or have a medical or religious exception request pending or approved, the Biden administration said Monday. Employees had until Monday to comply with the administration's federal vaccine mandate.
Some agencies are tentatively setting reentry dates early next year. The Biden administration acknowledged those dates are stirring up some anxiety among some retirement-eligible feds who have been teleworking full time for nearly two years.
Agencies have seen a deluge of new guidance and standards, but a top White House cyber official says it's time to execute on the EO's goals.
In today's Federal Newscast, the CDO Council received nearly 60 sets of comments in response to a request for information it issued a month ago.
The Biden administration on Thursday described three broad priorities and several underlying strategies that will inform the President's Management Agenda. It will roll out more specifics, along with more detailed goals and plans, in the coming weeks and months.
The Biden administration is working on an executive order focused on improving customer experience within government and building on its ongoing work to improve the equity of public-facing services.
The Social Security Administration would have to implement a hiring freeze, while funds for defense and cybersecurity programs would be misaligned if Congress enacted a full-year continuing resolution for the rest of fiscal 2022, the Office of Management and Budget said.
The largest federal employee union is urging the Biden administration to push back an upcoming deadline for executive branch workers to comply with the federal vaccine mandate to Jan. 4, the same date that contractors received last week.
Maria Roat, the deputy federal chief information officer, said four agencies proved chat and calendar sharing capabilities was possible.
The federal workplace has been an improvisational theatre. It's time to start creating a final version.
The Office of Management and Budget is looking to create more consistency in the vaccine mandates, reentry plans and the future of work for the federal workforce.
Nearly 20 states have sued the Biden administration over its federal vaccine mandate for contractors. Attorneys say the president likely has authority to regulate procurement in this way, but the ever-changing guidance associated with the mandate makes compliance difficult for many contractors.