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Bipartisan Group Seeks to Limit Who Federal Agencies Can Contract With
Organizations involved with certain adversarial nations creates conflicts of interest, the senators say.
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The Labor Dept. Moves Forward on Reducing Turnover on Service Contracts
A forthcoming proposed rule will carry out an executive order the president signed last fall.
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Pharmacies Can’t Deny Prescription Birth Control or Emergency Contraception, Biden Administration Says
Refusing patients prescription medications because of their potential pregnancy status could violate federal anti-discrimination law, per new federal guidance.
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The House Is Ready to Start Voting on Fiscal 2023 Spending Bills, But the Senate Is Much Further Behind
The Senate, the ultimate clearinghouse for funding measures, is just starting the process of writing bills and has not yet agreed upon top-line spending levels.
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White House Updates Acquisition, Business of Government Priorities
Workforce, interoperability and governance all feature in the new goals set for the President's Management Agenda.
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House Chair Looks to Protect Census from Politicization
The legislation applies mostly to the decennial census, which the U.S. government undertakes every ten years.
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The ATF Finally Has a Confirmed Leader After Seven Years
The Senate voted 48-46 to confirm Steve Dettelbach to lead the agency that has been without permanent leadership for seven years.
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The Postal Service Didn’t Consider How Its Break-Even Plan Would Impact Specific Demographic Groups
IG otherwise praises USPS for the work it put into crafting its 10-year plan.
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A New Federal Prisons Director Has Been Named, and Union Officials and Lawmakers Are Optimistic She Will Bring Positive Reforms
Colette Peters was most recently director of the Oregon Department of Corrections and was the first woman to hold that position.
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‘We’re All Going to Be in a Lot of Trouble:’ Officials Warn of Far-Reaching Impacts of Recent Supreme Court Decision
Agencies leaders and employees will have to think twice about how, and when, to carry out their missions, experts say.
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The Federal Prisons Agency is Reviewing its Reproductive Care Options for Inmates
Prisons and jails “present unique barriers to abortion access," says the Urban Institute, a think tank.
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Right-Wing Think Tank Family Research Council Is Now a Church in the Eyes of the IRS
The FRC, a staunch opponent of abortion and LGBTQ rights, joins a growing list of activist groups seeking church status, which allows organizations to shield themselves from financial scrutiny.
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Virtual Meetings Stymie Creative Teamwork
Virtual meetings have made remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic possible, but for creative collaboration, it's hard to beat gathering face-to-face.
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Vaccine and Testing Delays for Monkeypox Echo Failures in Early COVID Response
Public health officials say monkeypox is not as dangerous as covid and can be handled well with current treatments and if those at risk use caution. But the rollout of vaccines has been slow and led to angst among some at-risk people.
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Coronavirus Roundup: OMB Director Tests Positive for COVID-19
There’s a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
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Biden Asks Federal Agencies to Help Boost Abortion Access
New executive order convenes an interagency task force to coordinate the administration’s response to the Supreme Court’s recent decision.
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Fred Gray, the ‘Chief Counsel for the Protest Movement,’ to Get Medal of Freedom for His Civil Rights Work
When Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the front of a bus in Montgomery, Fred Gray was her lawyer. Now he’s being honored for a lifetime of civil rights advocacy.
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How Pfizer Won the Pandemic, Reaping Outsize Profit and Influence
The drugmaker has the best-selling vaccine to prevent covid and the most effective drug to treat it. Its success has overshadowed the government’s covid-fighting strategy.
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This Is Where USPS Is Building Out Its First Mega-Centers This Year
The Postal Service will build out 60 new facilities as part of Louis DeJoy's 10-year plan, adding to its overall staff and improving working conditions.
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