Management

Trump Administration's High Turnover and Vacancy Rates Could Hinder Pandemic Response

The administration has seen an 85% turnover rate among upper-level officials.

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: Inspectors General Brief House Committee on Oversight Efforts; OSHA Has a 45-Year Low of Inspectors

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Management

White House Directs Agencies to Plan for Presidential Transition

Under the law, agencies have until Friday to designate career officials to oversee planning.

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: Justice Dept. ‘On the Lookout’ for Civil Liberties Violations; SBA Site Crashes During Second Rollout

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Oversight

IG Veteran Named Executive Director of Pandemic Oversight Committee 

The $2.2 trillion CARES Act established the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee. 

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: SBA Resumes Accepting Loan Applications; Second Navy Ship With Virus Outbreak Returns Home

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Oversight

House Approves Creation of a Select Panel to Oversee Pandemic-Related Spending and Response 

Critics have said the committee will be duplicative, but one transparency expert said that "overlapping oversight jurisdictions can be a good thing if managed correctly."

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: Census Bureau Launches Pandemic Data Hub; Federal Prison System Expands Testing 

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Workforce

Senate Democrats Propose Creating Hundreds of Thousands of New National Service Jobs

Proposals would expand the public health workforces across federal agencies to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: Massive Telework Expansion at EPA and USAID; Trump Seeks to Reopen National Parks

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Management

Coronavirus Outbreak Could Make the Upcoming Presidential Transition the Toughest Since the Depression, Nonprofit Says  

"I think that the current crisis makes this the most important and, perhaps, challenging transition since 1932,” resource center director says.   

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: NIH Says No COVID-19 Drug is Effective Yet, Trump Hotel Puts GSA in Tough Spot By Seeking Break on Payments 

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Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: Pentagon Seeks Economic Relief for Defense Contractors, Census Gets OK for Pandemic-Related Survey

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Workforce

Union Files National Grievance Over Alleged Safety Violations at Federal Prisons During Coronavirus Pandemic

Forced leave, lack of protective gear and privacy breaches are among the allegations. 

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: GAO is Reviewing the Federal Government’s Pandemic Response

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Management

Trump Administration Releases Guidance to Clarify Coronavirus Relief Act’s Contracting Provisions

Agencies can use CARES Act funds to reimburse contractors from March 27 to September 30, 2020.

Workforce

Coronavirus Roundup: Americans ‘Overwhelmingly’ Trust the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

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Management

Trump Denigrates Vote By Mail, But Troops Have Been Doing It For Decades

“Fraud is extremely rare in mail voting” says one expert, noting there are a number of security features associated with such ballots.

Management

Coronavirus Roundup: Trump Seeks to Fill Vacancies During Pandemic

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Management

Voice of America Asserts Independence In Its Coverage of the Coronavirus Outbreak

White House accused VOA of spreading Chinese propaganda last week.