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Federal Newscast

IG: Education had decent reopening plans for allowing employees back

In today's Federal Newscast, the Education Department's inspector general says the agency developed a decent enough reopening plan for its employees during the pandemic.

Federal Report

After the pandemic: Work, school may never be the same

Management

GSA's coronavirus plan for federal offices needs 'immediate action,' IG warns

Workforce

SSA looking to recall more field office employees to handle 'dire-need' situations'

Federal Insights

How IT can ensure holistic approach to reopening offices
Insight by Force 3

Federal Newscast

Federal employees may have voice in agency reopening efforts if Senate bill passes

Workforce

With quick return to 'normal' unlikely in DC region, Energy Dept. revises reopening plans

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Federal Report

Implement plan F: End teleworking!

Men is typing on laptop computer keyboard

Hiring/Retention

Federal contractors describe onboarding in the age of coronavirus

Rodney Davis

Congress

Keeping some sense of normalcy in Congress

Chris Van Hollen, Debbie Stabenow, Chuck Schumer

Congress

Members of Congress echo concerns with agency reopening plans

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Federal Newscast

Treasury clarifies, PRAC is allowed to oversee all CARES Act spending

With the Capitol shut down to tourists, a workman performs a routine cleaning of surfaces in the Capitol Visitor Center, early Friday, March 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Facilities/Construction

GSA updates cleaning standards for federal offices as agencies reopen

Federal Newscast

VA says it's now closer to offer more coronavirus testing to its employees

In this Wednesday, May 6, 2020, photo, United States Postal Service carrier Henrietta Dixon gets into her truck to deliver mail in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Agency Oversight

House, Senate lawmakers urge USPS to reassess expected losses from coronavirus

A shuttered storefront is padlocked as the Stewart County courthouse is reflected in the town square, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, in Lumpkin, Ga. The town has few available resources, only three immigration lawyers work here full time. There are no hotels and many businesses in the downtown are shuttered. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Facilities/Construction

As agencies reopen, federal buildings security sheds light on coronavirus protections

In this May 27, 2020, photo, a worker at Brasserie Beck, a restaurant along K Street in downtown Washington, power washes the outdoor seating area. The nation's capital is starting to reopen, Starting May 29, a tiny slice of pre-pandemic normality starts returning to the city as the three-month old coronavirus stay-home order is replaced by the first phase of a reopening plan(AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Commentary

Remote inspections are critical to safely reopening US economy

William Michael Cunningham

Management

Maybe SBA wasn't best choice to deliver PPP benefits to minority businesses

In this April 17, 2020 photo, a mask covers the face of a U.S. Army Fort Bragg soldier as she sews PPE. Her unit has already constructed thousands of masks since "Operation Dragon Mask" began last week on the North Carolina military installation. (AP Photo/Sarah Blake Morgan)

Defense

DoD rolls out new process to reduce coronavirus travel restrictions

Manuel Figueroa

Workforce

National Park advocates call for slow, controlled re-opening

A staff worker checks the body temperature of a customer before enter in a supermarket in Madrid, Spain, Spain, Wednesday, April 29, 2020 as the lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus continues. Official statistics show that Spain's unemployment rate rose to 14.4% in the first quarter of 2020, reflecting only the partial impact of the new coronavirus pandemic in Spain's job market. Spain's left-wing coalition government is poised to announce Tuesday further steps to ease the 7-week lockdown, one of the world's strictest. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Tom Temin Commentary

Going viral in the pandemic: Clichés

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Tom Temin Commentary

Stay-at-home ≠ house arrest ≠ reopen!