web and video conferencing

How the pandemic and its aftermath continue to roil the federal workforce

Eagle Hill Consulting research found the pandemic and the way it scrambled how people work has sparked what they call a great re-evaluation.

Hiring/Retention

(Energy Department)

Sloppy expense-accounts leave former government scientist owing thousands of dollars

Federal Newscast

GAO

Virtual immigration hearings during COVID could have gone better, GAO says

Agency Oversight

Remote work concept. Working at home. Telework.

Teleworking here to stay: What’s in it for you?

Federal Report

Navy transitioning more than 200K users to new online collaboration platform next week

Navy

(Spokane VA Medical Center Photo)

When the pandemic hit, VA was more ready than its patients

Veterans Affairs

AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Committee to reform House is off to a running start in the 117th Congress

Congress

This screenshot provided by the Virginia House of Delegates shows the zoom screen during the session Wednesday Feb. 10, 2021.(Virginia House of Delegates via AP)

How to live with Zoom in Year 2

Tom Temin Commentary

USAID, FCC team up on improving 5G policies

Technology

documents, papers, files, records, office

FOIA officials confront pandemic challenges in meeting records requests

IT Modernization

The hand of a young woman working at remote work

NSF had secure telework down to a science years ago

Technology

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)

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

Proxy voting with or without quorum, video hearings, limiting member travel and maintaining social distancing at the Capitol have required lawmakers to…

Technology

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)

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

The Interagency Security Committee is looking to ensure a safe return of employees and visitors to federal buildings as more agencies to reopen offices,

Facilities/Construction

Choosing a safe conferencing tool in the era of mass telework

Cybersecurity

Like other agencies, the National Security Agency is doing more online collaboration these days.