Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: Vaccines Are Being Offered to Afghanistan Evacuees; New HHS Office Launches
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Defense
The Final Retrograde from Afghanistan Has Officially Begun
The threat to U.S. personnel, aircraft in the final days at Kabul airport remains “very real” after a retaliatory U.S. drone strike took out two ISIS-K planners.
Workforce
What a Baker from Ancient Pompeii Can Teach Us about Happiness
While they weren’t living through a pandemic, citizens of ancient Pompeii weren’t strangers to societal stress.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The New Employer-Employee Paradigm
Deloitte's Jeffrey Bradfield and Kraig Eaton joined the podcast to discuss their new report.
Employee Policy
Ida: FEMA leads federal effort
FEMA, DOD and multiple additional agencies rush to coordinate and manage emergency response to Hurricane Ida, which has left over 1 million without power in the worst hit areas with oppressive heat setting in.
Employee Policy
Reorganizing for the Biden agenda at OPM
OPM is beefing up its diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility office as part of an agency reorganization in support of a wide-ranging executive order covering the federal workforce.
Route Fifty
All Eyes on State and Local Eviction Bans With End of Federal Moratorium
At least seven states and some cities have eviction bans in place but some expire soon.
Nextgov
Lawmakers Call for Check on Software Acquisition Requirements in Defense Bill
Language from the House Armed Services’ cybersecurity subcommittee also proposes testing for non-kinetic attacks, and the creation of an inventory toward ending the use of legacy systems.
Workforce
VA Sees Spike in COVID-19 Deaths Among Employees in August
"Oh no, here we go again," employees say of current conditions at VA facilities.
Pay & Benefits
Biden Formalizes Plan for Average 2.7% Raise for Civilian Feds in 2022
The White House published an alternative pay plan for the federal workforce providing a 2.2% across the board raise along with an average increase of 0.5% to locality pay.
Management
Manhattan Jail Where Jeffrey Epstein Died to Close At Least Temporarily
The 200-plus inmates will be relocated and staff might be transferred or furloughed, but it is unclear so far.
Management
WeWork and Other Co-Working Spaces to Be an Option for Feds
GSA will issue guidance to agencies on how to take advantage of this first-ever contract.
Nextgov
Army Wants to Install Facial Recognition, Video Analytics at Child Development Centers
The branch plans to pilot a new facial recognition system at the daycare facility at Fort Jackson.
Route Fifty
Supreme Court Ruling Allows Evictions to Resume
The 6-3 ruling found that the CDC did not have the authority to impose an eviction ban that was set to last until October.
Management
Coronavirus Roundup: Questions on Vaccine and Testing Programs for Feds; COVID Oversight Committee Boosts Use of Analytics and AI
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Defense
US Navy Will Upgrade Warships to Add Unnamed Space Capabilities
“Everything is classified” when it comes to space, one admiral complained.
Defense
13 US Troops Killed, More Injured, in Terrorist Attack at Kabul Airport
10 Marines among the dead; they were securing one of the last gates open for Afghans, Americans to escape.
Workforce
How Zoom Messed up Access for Disabled Users
"Zoom's update didn't so much solve inaccessibility as shine a spotlight on it," writes Courtney Wade. But there are actions we can take to improve our workplaces.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The 2017 VA Accountability Law and the Courts
Attorney Conor Dirks joins the podcast to discuss two cases that knock down the agency's interpretation of the rule.
Employee Policy