Management
The Surgeon General Wants to Hear Your Experiences with COVID Misinformation
The White House’s new pandemic plan outlines efforts to buck falsehoods.
Tech
For Defense IT, Acquisitions Need to Be More Than 'Just in Time'
Contract planning and boosting small business in 2022 are top of mind for Debra Daniels, the vice procurement services executive for the Defense Information Systems Agency.
Defense
The Pentagon Could Need More Cash if Ukraine Support and the NATO Border Mission Drag On
Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord also said allies are contributing more now than in the past.
Management
The CDC’s New Guidelines on Covid Risk and Masking Send Confounding Signals
The agency’s updated recommendations lower the level of covid risk for most of the country and therefore the need to mask. But some experts question the strategy.
Management
Here Are 10 Major Takeaways From the $1.5 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill
See which agencies are getting the biggest funding increases, hiring orders and new policy initiatives.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: What MSPB's Restored Quorum Means for Feds
Federal employment attorney Dan Meyer joins the podcast to discuss the board's functions after two confirmations.
Management
The House Approves a 6.7% Full-Year Domestic Spending Increase, and Another CR
The Senate must act on the stopgap measure by Friday to avoid a shutdown, before taking up the omnibus spending package.
Benefits
Postal reform will finally become law
Congress approves removing significant debt from USPS, and shifting retirees to Medicare.
Nextgov
New Bipartisan Bill Would Allow U.S. Govt To Provide Internet In War Zones
The Safely Accessing Telecommunications Act allows the Defense and State Departments to procure telecommunication services on behalf of countries in conflict.
Management
A Bipartisan House Bill Would Set Federal Hiring Reform Measures Into Law
The Chance to Compete Act would codify recent administrative reforms aimed at incorporating skills-based assessments and stressing experience over educational attainment in the federal hiring process.
Route Fifty
House Passes Spending Bill, After Ditching Plan to Claw Back State Aid
A proposal that emerged on Wednesday could have involved rescinding around $7 billion in American Rescue Plan Act funding from 30 states. But it was cast aside amid objections from Democratic lawmakers and state officials.
Oversight
Pandemic IG: Proposed Budget Funding ‘Reaffirms’ Congress’ Commitment to Oversight
The office previously warned that it was running out of money.
Pay & Benefits
Feds Can Sign Up for a COVID-19 Hazard Pay Lawsuit Now
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
Biden Has Picked a Long-Time Indian Health Service Official to Lead the Agency
Roselyn Tso would be in charge of an agency that serves members of 574 federally recognized tribes in 37 states.
Management
Putin, Zelenskyy and Biden All Have Unique Leadership Styles
The current conflict in Ukraine has three key leaders, each of whom uses a different approach to the crisis.
Defense
Concern Rising That Putin Could Use Nuclear Weapons
Russian “escalate to de-escalate” doctrine suggests Putin is thinking the unthinkable.
Management
Feds Say Texas Discriminated against Communities of Color when It Denied Houston Flood Aid
Land Commissioner George P. Bush is in the middle of a fierce runoff in the Republican primary for Texas attorney general against incumbent Ken Paxton. During the race, several of Bush’s opponents have criticized his office’s work in distributing Hurricane Harvey relief funds.
Management
Even Mild Cases of COVID-19 Can Leave a Mark on the Brain, Such as Reductions in Gray Matter – a Neuroscientist Explains Emerging Research
New research offers insights into the brain after COVID-19 that may have implications for our understanding of long COVID-19 and how the disease affects our senses of taste and smell.
Nextgov
Biden Executive Order Takes Major Steps Toward Regulating Cryptocurrencies
The president will sign an executive order regulating the growing industry, announcing the exploration of a possible government-backed currency and addressing national security and equity concerns.
Tech