President Donald Trump and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Vermalisten as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a meeting on the Coronavirus with health care company leaders on Tuesday Evan Vucci/AP
GovExec Daily: How the Coronavirus Scare is Changing How Feds Work
Nextgov's Heather Kuldell and GovExec's Eric Katz join the podcast to talk about agencies' plans for the workforce as the COVID-19 epidemic grows.
The coronavirus epidemic is spreading in a way that will affect more and more Americans. Civil servants are not immune to this. Just this week, OPM sent out guidance to agencies on how to plan for telework, leave and continuity of operations. The SEC even instituted a telework-only policy as a preventive measure.
What are other feds and agencies doing to keep safe? Nextgov's Heather Kuldell and GovExec's Eric Katz joined the podcast to examine the ways agencies are managing the coronavirus outbreak for the workforce.
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