Management
Mask Rules for TSA Officers Have Been Relaxed
TSA was one of the federal agencies particularly impacted by the pandemic.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: A New CDC Center Is Focused on Disease Forecasting
There’s a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
USAID Has a New (and First Ever) Chief Diversity Officer
“As representatives of the United States, I think that we would want to have a workforce that is reflective of our country,” said Neneh Diallo.
Management
The Federal Health Agencies Must Do More to Address Political Interference, Watchdog Says
The Biden administration has initiated efforts to better protect government scientists.
Management
Here’s What the New ‘Buy America’ Infrastructure Commitments Mean for Agencies
Waivers can be issued under certain circumstances, but proposed exceptions must be made available to the public and approved by an office within OMB.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: The Latest on the Federal Contractors Vaccine Mandate Challenge
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
More Than 90 Agencies Release Their First-Ever Equity Plans
“For the first time Americans will see a full picture of what it looks like for the entire federal government to advance equity at once,” a senior administration official said.
Special Report
Employee Policy
The COVID Commission—never fully staffed—is issuing reports
The oversight body has no Democratic members and no chairperson. Yet it has managed to do some of its work, as required.
Special Report
Oversight
‘There’s a Large Amount of Fraud Out There’: Special IG for Pandemic Recovery Reflects on Nearly Two Years in the Job
The role is “not a political job in any way, shape or form” and “if we go out of business, then I think you're missing a key element of … oversight,” Brian Miller says.
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Management
Non-Emergency Federal Employees Ordered to Leave Shanghai
The mandate comes as China contends with a worsening surge of COVID-19 cases.
Special Report
Oversight
The COVID Commission Has Never Been Fully Staffed, But That Hasn’t Stopped it From Issuing Reports
The oversight body has no Democratic members and no chairperson.
Updated
Management
Biden Tries Again For an ATF Nominee
The administration also announced new actions to crack down on “ghost guns.”
Special Report
Oversight
Two Years of COVID-19 Oversight: A Look Back
The CARES Act of 2020 created three pandemic-related oversight entities, and our series will examine their successes and failures as well as their challenges and goals moving forward.
Special Report
Oversight
The Inspectors General COVID Committee Has an ‘Enormous Responsibility'
“We've really changed the way we as federal IGs do business,” says Michael Horowitz, Justice Department inspector general and chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.
Management
A New Regulation Will Bolster Procurement for Tribal Businesses
The Interior Department’s final rule advances the president’s executive order on equity.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: $60 Million Grants Awarded for Public Health AmeriCorps; DOD Consolidates COVID Guidance
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
Federal Contractors Could Soon Have to Disentangle Themselves Completely From Russia
A top House oversight Democrat says her bill limiting contracts with companies operating in Russia during the Ukraine war would supplement existing sanctions.
Management
The White House Signals Support for the Centers for Disease Control’s Plans to Undergo Review
The agency received backlash under the Trump and Biden administrations.
Management
The White House is Expanding its ‘Whole-of-Government’ Approach to Long COVID
In the United States, 7.7 million to 23 million people could have developed long COVID as of February 2022.
Management