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Lisa Meincke of Arlington Heights prepares herself to receive her first COVID-19 vaccination administered by National Guard personal Erika O'Meara of Scott Air Force base at Triton College, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in River Grove, Ill. This was opening day for the mass vaccinations sponsored by the Cook County Department of Public Health. (Mark Welsh/Daily Herald via AP)
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Federal Newscast

Pentagon loosens some of its COVID-19 restrictions

Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service expects to raise mail prices in January 2023.

Workforce

USPS lifts mask mandate for fully vaccinated employees amid workforce changes

Contracting

Contractors design strategies for dealing with the latest executive order on cybersecurity

Workforce

OMB: Masks are optional for fully-vaccinated employees, maximum telework still effect

Management

SSA says it'll start to incrementally bring more employees back to field offices

Agency Oversight

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has problems with detention centers

Tom Temin Commentary

Time for feds to get back to the office

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks during a House Rules Committee hearing on the impeachment against President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
Congress

Running Congress during a pandemic

Rodney Davis
Jessica Yurinko
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

A surfer makes his way out into the water as a subtropical approaches on Monday, May 28, 2018, in Pensacola, Fla. The storm gained the early jump on the 2018 hurricane season as it headed toward anticipated landfall sometime Monday on the northern Gulf Coast, where white sandy beaches emptied of their usual Memorial Day crowds. (AP Photo/Dan Anderson)
Workforce

Emergency responders pivoting to virtual training as coronavirus collides with hurricane season

Charles Rettig
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Workforce

IRS commissioner expects 'full staffing' at tax processing, call centers by mid-July

In this May 1, 2019, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) transits the San Diego Bay in San Diego, Calif. President Donald Trump says the USS Boxer destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries. Trump says it's the latest "hostile" action by Iran. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse Monford/U.S. Navy via AP)
Technology

NAVSEA keeps work on ships, fleet moving amid social distancing

government publishing office
Workforce

GPO tells passport production staff to return to work July 6 following State Dept reopening

Cars sit in traffic along Florida Avenue in the Shaw neighborhood, in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The Metro subway system that serves the nation's capital and its Virginia and Maryland suburbs shut down for a full-day for an emergency safety inspection of its third-rail power cables. Making for unusual commute, as the lack of service is forcing some people on the roads, while others are staying home or teleworking. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Federal Report

Teleworking then, now and tomorrow: Where do you fit in?

Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., left, speaks with Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)
Technology

Will the coronavirus be the push Congress needs to modernize long-standing inefficiencies?

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

Retired Navy Rear Adm. Kenneth Braithwaite takes the oath as Secretary of the Navy, May 29, 2020 in the Pentagon. (DoD photo by Marvin Lynchard)
DoD Reporter's Notebook

Braithwaite sworn in as new Navy secretary after months of leadership tumult

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

Indications of social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are placed under the colonnade designed by 16th century Italian sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in the day of the reopening of St. Peter's Basilica, Monday, May 18, 2020. Italy is slowly lifting sanitary restrictions after a two-month coronavirus lockdown. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Federal Report

Coronavirus poetry: With apologies to William Shakespeare

Manuel Figueroa
Workforce

National Park advocates call for slow, controlled re-opening

Tax Fraud Crackdown
Agency Oversight

IRS, seeing shortfall of volunteers, considers recalling more employees