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Coronavirus Roundup: CDC Data Show Booster Effectiveness Against Omicron; the Pandemic’s Impact on Biden’s Regulatory Agenda

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

  • Courtney Bublé

Federal Court Orders Nationwide Pause on Biden's Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate

The Biden administration has already filed an appeal of the injunction.

  • Eric Katz

GovExec Daily: Vaccine Mandates After the Supreme Court OSHA Decision

Federal employment attorney Stephanie Rapp-Tully joins the show to discuss the future of vaccine rules.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

FEMA Experiences ‘Mass Exit’ of Employees Amid Surge in Disasters

The agency is still dealing with 1,000 disasters as its workload continues to climb.

  • Eric Katz

Social Security Workers to Return to Offices Possibly by the End of March

The Social Security Administration reached agreements with all of its unions on reentry that unions hope will lead to a more collaborative relationship moving forward.

  • Erich Wagner

White House Pitches Feds on Sustainability

Biden administration looks to influence culture at federal agencies through speaker series on climate change.

  • Eric Katz

Coronavirus Roundup: One Year of the Biden COVID-19 Response

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

  • Courtney Bublé

The COVID-Risk Social Contract Is Under Negotiation

Is it okay to walk into a bar if you might sicken someone who might need hospital care?

  • Jonathan Wolff, The Atlantic

How the Recent Supreme Court Ruling Is Already Impacting Feds' Challenges to Biden's Vaccine Mandate

Groups say their cause tracks the case against the OSHA rule that the top court recently struck down, but that precedent may have greater influence on the contractor mandate.

  • Eric Katz

What Patients Can Learn With Confidence From One Negative Rapid Test (Hint: Very Little)

Although at-home antigen testing remains a useful tool, experts warn it is often used inappropriately and can provide false confidence for people concerned about safety.

  • Julie Appleby and Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News

GovExec Daily: Administrative Burdens in the Immigration System

Dr. Pamela Herd and Dr. Donald Moynihan join the show to discuss their recent paper on the Kakfa-esque bureacracy that meets migrants.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Inspired New Health Habits for These 4 Scholars – Here’s What They Put into Practice and Why

The new year is a perfect time to adopt new health habits and routines. These four scholars reflect on the ways that they overcame the pandemic blues to get fit.

  • Libby Richards, Jessica Bane Robert, Katherine Basbaum and L. Alison Phillips, The Conversation

The Subversive Genius of Extremely Slow Email

A revolution against Big Tech may never come. Could a series of smaller interventions take its place?

  • Ian Bogost, The Atlantic
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EEOC Delays Employee Office Reentry Amid Omicron Surge

The civil rights agency originally planned to bring bargaining unit employees back in February, but union officials said management did not properly consult them.

  • Erich Wagner

Justice Department Alumni Support Accountability for Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

“There is no good reason” not to include President Trump in the department’s inquiries, they wrote.

  • Courtney Bublé

Prosecuting Trump Would Inevitably Be Political – and Other Countries Have Had Mixed Success in Holding Ex-Presidents Accountable

Criminal charges against former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot could spark political consequences – not only for Trump, but for U.S. democracy.

  • James D. Long, Victor Menaldo and Morgan Wack, The Conversation

Postal Service Off the Hook for Vaccine-or-Test Mandate Following Supreme Court Ruling

USPS had warned implementing the rule would have "catastrophic" results.

  • Eric Katz

Coronavirus Roundup: More Tax Season Concerns; FDA Administrator Nomination Advances

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

  • Courtney Bublé

My Mask Protects Me

If you’re vaccinated, boosted, and wearing an N95, you’re protected—no matter what others are doing.

  • Olga Khazan, The Atlantic

GovExec Daily: The New COVID-19 Guidance for Feds

Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss the testing system for feds who interact with the public.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

Merit Systems Protection Board Passes 5-Year Mark Without a Quorum

Without a quorum, the board is unable to issue decisions for appeals, leaving thousands in limbo and a critical part of the civil service system non-functional.

  • Natalie Alms