Management
The National Park Service Has Not Required All Locations to Close During Coronavirus, Despite Demands
Over 140 of 419 facilities are closed or have modified operations, but NPS is allowing some to remain open where possible.
Nextgov
CISA Offers Ways to Lessen Lag for Teleworkers Without Sacrificing Security
The temporary guidance outlines options and best practices for agencies to follow during the coronavirus pandemic.
Route Fifty
Housing Advocates Push for a Rent Freeze During Covid-19 Pandemic
As layoffs and unemployment claims due to coronavirus skyrocket, some say paying rent is untenable for many and must be put on hold.
Management
Trump Rejects Calls for USPS Stimulus as Agency Sounds Alarm Over Its Future
Lawmakers are pushing for a $25 billion cash injection to the Postal Service as part of another forthcoming stimulus package.
Nextgov
Lawmakers Push CDC for New Demographic Data on Coronavirus Patients
A group of 17 lawmakers asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to collect sex, race, ethnicity and other information to spot potential inequities in health care.
Tech
Genomic Study Points to Natural Origin of COVID-19
No, the virus was not engineered in a lab. The director of the National Institutes of Health debunks the claim and explains what scientists know about the novel coronavirus.
Nextgov
VA Delays Major IT Programs to Focus on COVID-19
The initial rollout of the new electronic health records system will be pushed out—again—as well as pilots for the new scheduling system. A third, integral effort remains on track.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Waives Recruitment and Retention Incentive Rules for Coronavirus Outbreak, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: Federal Government Scrambles to Obtain and Distribute Supplies
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Workforce
Three VA Health Workers Have Died of COVID-19. 776 Have Tested Positive.
After workers reported shortages of tests, masks and gloves, VA health staff in Detroit; Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Indianapolis have died of COVID-19. Almost 800 have tested positive.
Management
We Know Almost Nothing About the Costs of Grant Administration
A recent survey finds surprisingly wide variation and few efficiencies of scale.
Management
Beyond Sanitizing and Social Distancing – a Healthy Circadian Rhythm May Keep You Sane and Increase Resilience to Fight COVID-19
To boost your immune defenses against corona and other viruses, one of the most effective things you can do is maintain your natural circadian rhythms. Here's how to do that.
Management
GovExec Daily: Management Challenges in a Unique Time
National Academy of Public Administration CEO Terry Gerton joins the podcast to explain how federal managers can handle the challenges brought tot the fore by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Defense
Acting Navy Secretary Quits After Slamming Fired CO to Carrier Crew
Thomas Modly flew to Guam on Monday, made a 15-minute speech aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt, and spent the rest of the day trying to wriggle out of trouble.
Nextgov
White House Expands Coronavirus-Focused Supercomputing Consortium
Officials are putting high-performance computing resources to work across the country to help combat COVID-19.
Management
Administrative Law Judge Association Says Effort to Force Partial Contract Is 'Union Busting'
Officials with the group said efforts to implement part of a new union contract while elements remain under review by the Federal Service Impasses Panel are illegal.
Route Fifty
Black Americans Face Higher Rates of Coronavirus Infection
Citing initial reports that show a disproportionate impact on African Americans, lawmakers from across the country say more health departments and states need to publish race data on cases.
Route Fifty
Study: Air Pollution Increases Risk of Death from Coronavirus
The study by researchers at Harvard University's public health school is the first nationwide research to find a link between high rates of air pollution and higher rates of death from the novel coronavirus.
Workforce
VA Looks to Boost Hiring to Confront Coronavirus as Employees Decry Shortfalls
Medical staff only able to provide "subpar care" to patients under current circumstances, one nurse says.
Oversight