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Some agencies are preparing to provide masks for their employees when they return. Others aren't requiring them. At some organizations, telework will be "encouraged" as they gradually reopen. For others, telework is still mandatory.
June 08, 2020 -
The pandemic has changed when and how federal employees work, creating new challenges and opportunities for managers, leaders at several agencies say.
June 05, 2020 -
McAfee Public Sector Chief Technology Strategist Ned Miller joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the role of cybersecurity amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw cloud usage spike.
June 04, 2020 -
American University professor Bob Tobias joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share his thoughts on how the federal government should reopen its physical offices to employees.
June 04, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's inspector general says the agency was generally well prepared for the change to mandatory telework.
June 04, 2020 -
As agencies responded to the novel coronavirus, telework restrictions were loosened and before we knew it federal workers were directed to use maximum telework. Then something amazing happened – they accomplished their mission.
June 03, 2020 -
The Agriculture Department is opening up parking options for employees who don't want to take public transportation but have been asked to return to USDA facilities in the national capital region. USDA began "phase one" of its reopening plan Monday.
June 03, 2020 -
Phase one of the Energy Department's reopening plan for headquarters facilities in the national capital region will involves 3.7% of its 7,000-person workforce. Those employees will return June 8, while the rest will continue to telework.
June 02, 2020 -
Masks aren't required at Office of Personnel Management facilities, and employees with limited transportation or dependent care options will be "encouraged" to telework throughout phases one and two of the agency's reopening plan.
June 01, 2020 -
Like other agencies, the National Security Agency is doing more online collaboration these days.
June 01, 2020 -
The Defense Department is moving toward a "conditions-based" approach to reducing the travel restrictions it put in place in response to COVID-19.
May 27, 2020 -
Reopening plans for the Interior and Energy Departments describe upcoming changes to their own telework, leave and screening policies. The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to initiate reopening plans for its facilities in Seattle, Atlanta and Lenexa, Kansas.
May 26, 2020 -
Coronavirus' closures of government facilities or enforcement of social distancing hasn't stopped Congress from conducting business.
May 26, 2020 -
Congress — most of it, anyway — returns to Washington with a long agenda. At the top of the list is what will be in a fourth stimulus bill if there is one.
May 26, 2020 -
Before the coronavirus, teleworking in the federal government, after more than a decade of steady growth, hit a major speed bump -- the Trump administration!
May 26, 2020