Workforce

OPM Finalizes Rule to Boost Agency Hiring of Military Spouses

Regulations removing obstacles to hiring spouses of active duty service members outside of the competitive process will go into effect next month.

  • Erich Wagner

Coronavirus Roundup: White House Works to Mitigate a Potential Shutdown’s Effect on Pandemic Response; 92% of Troops Vaccinated

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.  

  • Courtney Bublé

GovExec Daily: The 2021 Government Hall of Famers and Teddy Award Winners

GovExec Media's Tom Shoop joins the podcast to discuss The Government Hall of Fame and The Theodore Roosevelt Government Leadership Awards

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

Republicans Renew Efforts to End Mass Telework, Call for Hearings

Maximum telework has "outlived its usefulness to protect federal employees," a group of Republicans says.

  • Eric Katz

Will Federal Employee Unions Challenge Biden’s Vaccine Mandate in Court?

Several major labor groups said they won’t, but some are leaving open the possibility.

  • Courtney Bublé

Federal Employee Appeals Board Nominees Preview How They Will Reduce Case Backlog, Handle Vaccine Mandate Challenges

Confirmation of Biden’s picks for MSPB would end unprecedented era of quorum-less board.

  • Eric Katz

Coronavirus Roundup: HHS Watchdog Nominee Testifies; Union Calls For Vaccine Mandate at All Points of Entry

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.

  • Courtney Bublé

Guess How Many People Worked From Home Last Year

A misconception about the prevalence of remote work explains a lot about confirmation bias in America.

  • Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic

Coronavirus Roundup: Booster Shot News; Reality TV Star Sentenced for Paycheck Protection Program Fraud

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.

  • Courtney Bublé

Biden Administration Presses an Industry to Require Masks, Citing Concern for Federal Inspectors

Industry and Republican senators accuse enforcement agency of “federal overreach.”

  • Eric Katz

As VA Vaccination Rate Ticks Up, the Department Is 'Making Preparations' to Fire the Non-Compliant

VA now has a few weeks to determine the vaccination status for more than 100,000 employees.

  • Eric Katz

An ‘Urgent Request’ for Feds to Help with the Afghan Resettlement Process

The Mosaic Muslim Federal Employee Association is looking for native or fluent Dari and Pashto speakers. 

  • Courtney Bublé

Coronavirus Roundup: NIH Invests in Long-COVID Research; Vaccine Updates

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.

  • Courtney Bublé
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What’s the Law on Vaccine Exemptions? A Religious Liberty Expert Explains

Plenty of groups are offering religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandates, but their legal basis isn’t as rock-solid as that might suggest.

  • Douglas Laycock, The Conversation

COVID Hits Wildfire Fighters Even Harder Than Last Year

At least 421 U.S. Forest Service fire personnel tested positive for COVID-19 this year.

  • Sophie Quinton, Stateline

Coronavirus Roundup: A November 22 Deadline for Feds to Get Vaccinated; Booster Shot Clashes 

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.

  • Courtney Bublé

Lawmaker Opinion on Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate Breaks Along Party Lines

As President Biden announced an executive order requiring all federal employees and contractors to get vaccinated against COVID-19, he accused some Republican officials of sabotaging efforts to end the pandemic.

  • Erich Wagner

Postal Service Takes Wait-and-See Approach on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

USPS may soon have to set up widespread testing for unvaccinated staff, but agency officials do not yet know how many employees have received shots.

  • Eric Katz

Coronavirus Roundup: White House Unveils Additional Measures to Fight the Delta Variant

There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.

  • Courtney Bublé

In-Person Workers Are Slow to Return to Jobs, Data Shows

"You can’t pay somebody enough to show up at work when there’s a kid at home.”

  • Tim Henderson, Stateline

Agency Threatens Discipline After Monitoring Employee Computer Logs and Alleging Telework Non-Productivity

Employees complain the draconian oversight is creating a “dysfunctional” work environment.

  • Eric Katz