Management
IRS is Ready to Distribute Stimulus Checks if Trump Approves Bill
President Trump threw lawmakers for a loop after he blasted a pandemic relief spending package as insufficient. The outcome is uncertain.
Workforce
Can Employers Require Workers to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine? 6 Questions Answered
The federal agency in charge of enforcing discrimination laws in the workplace said "yes," but there are some important exceptions and limitations.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Pay and Benefits Provisions in the Budget Deal
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss how the federal workforce made out in the appropriations plan.
Management
Trump Vetoes Defense Policy Bill Over Base Names, Unrelated Internet Law
The House has already scheduled a vote after Christmas to override the president’s long-threatened rejection of the annual Defense authorization act, which also includes an expansion of federal employee leave benefits.
Pay & Benefits
No New Locality Pay Areas in 2022
The president’s pay agent declined to authorize a number of recommended changes to existing locality pay areas, overruling a federal advisory board.
Nextgov
The Hack Roundup: CISA Guidance Warns Affected Systems May Need to Be Rebuilt
Here are the news and updates you may have missed.
Management
Architecture Groups Call on Biden to Revoke ‘Classical Buildings’ Executive Order
This is one of the many lame duck executive orders President Trump has issued recently.
Workforce
CDC Panel Designates USPS Workers as Next in Line for COVID-19 Vaccine
Postal employees are part of a group "critical to the functioning of society," per panel's recommendation.
Route Fifty
A State Becomes the First to Suspend Facial Recognition Technology in Schools
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there are “serious and legitimate privacy concerns” with the technology—but only prohibited its use until 2022.
Management
Transition Roundup: Still No Plum Book; Trump Ramps Up Lame Duck Actions
Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Route Fifty
End Nears for Fed’s Municipal Lending Program
The initiative only attracted two borrowers, but experts say it helped to stabilize the municipal bond market following Covid-driven turmoil earlier this year.
Defense
Acting Defense Secretary Visits Troops in Afghanistan
Trump's designee returned 19 years after serving here, this time to oversee a controversial order to rush troops out before Joe Biden is sworn in.
Management
Waiting for a Call From the Biden Team With a Job Offer?
The new administration will be filling thousands of jobs. There’s only one reason to say yes, but many to say no.
Management
As Biden Gets Sworn In, White House Will Get Scrubbed Down
The executive mansion will get a deep clean after two COVID-19 outbreaks this fall led to President Donald Trump and members of his staff and family becoming infected.
Management
GovExec Daily: The Relief Funding and Local Governments
Route Fifty's Bill Lucia joins the podcast to discuss how state, city and municipalities fare in the new stimulus bill.
Management
Trump Blasts COVID Relief Package, Demands Revisions Risking a Shutdown
President asks Congress to dramatically increase the size of stimulus checks.
Nextgov
Biden Disputes Trump’s Claim that Hack is Under Control
The president-elect called for an official attribution to Russia but said a damage assessment is necessary before discussing the appropriate response.
Management