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The Feds Gave a Former White House Official $3 Million to Supply Masks to Navajo Hospitals. Some May Not Work.
Zach Fuentes, former deputy chief of staff to President Trump, won the contract just days after registering his company. He sold Chinese masks to the government just as federal regulators were scrutinizing foreign-made equipment.
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Social Security Continues to Drag Its Feet on Paid Sick Leave, Telework Advancements
Labor leaders say agency officials have proposed setting preconditions on employees’ use of recently enacted partial paid sick leave, potentially in violation of the law.
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New Bill Would Create a ‘DemocracyCorps’ for Election Administration
Workers would help register voters and facilitate safe voting options.
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Labor Authority Reverses Previous Decision, Stays Implementation of SSA Contract With Administrative Law Judges Union
The Social Security Administration had already stated that it would not impose the new collective bargaining agreement while a federal lawsuit from the judges’ union was pending.
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How Agencies Can Protect Fee-Funded Programs During the COVID-19 Crisis
Sudden reductions in customer demand is a current risk to many agencies at all levels of government.
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‘How Could the CDC Make That Mistake?’
The government’s disease-fighting agency is conflating viral and antibody tests, compromising a few crucial metrics that governors depend on to reopen their economies. Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, and other states are doing the same.
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Pompeo Defends Firing Of State IG
Charges that the dismissal was retaliatory are “patently false,” he says.
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COVID-19 Could Force a Rethink of America’s Safety Net
Will COVID-19 change the American social safety net? New research looks at history as a guide for how governments react to crises that expose inequality.
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Finally With a Quorum, Federal Election Commission Faces ‘Extensive Backlog of Cases’
The nation’s campaign finance watchdog gets back to work after being hamstrung the last eight and a half months.
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It’s Time to Recognize Employees Are Stakeholders in Good Government
The fact is, employees want their organization to be successful. They want to help sustain that success, and they want their value recognized.
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The VA Grand Challenge: Looking for Love in The Wrong Places
To solve a problem as complex and critical as veteran suicide, throw out the procurement playbook.
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GovExec Daily: How Feds See the Coronavirus Response
Government Business Council's Daniel Thomas joins the podcast to discuss the results of the audience surveys of Defense One and Government Executive readers.
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VA Union Seeks Injunction Against Impasses Panel
Among other things, the American Federation of Government Employees argues that the panel, currently composed of anti-labor activists, violates statutory requirements that it be impartial.
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Veterans Benefits Administration May Be Having Its Best Year Ever
Despite having to make operational changes, the agency has exceeded performance targets set before the pandemic.
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Don't Expect a Single Return-to-the-Office Day for Feds, White House Says
Recalling employees back to offices will vary across agencies and regions based on mission needs, official says.
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Trump Administration Waives Environmental Safeguards to Fast-Track 69 Miles of Border Fence Construction
The White House said in February its goal was to build 450 additional miles of barrier by the end of 2020. The 69 miles would be in addition to a 52-mile project also underway in Webb County.
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Trump Administration Details Efforts to Support Peaceful Presidential Transition
Watchdog group points to “significant ethics problems” among some of the White House Transition Coordinating Council members.
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Temporary Land Management Employees May Soon Have Pathway to Permanent Employment
The Office of Personnel Management on Friday published proposed regulations that would allow temporary employees at six agencies to apply for permanent posts through merit promotion procedures.
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A Hollow Government Can’t Handle a Pandemic
The long shadow of inadequate resources and insufficient management capacity hangs over the federal response.
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