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How to Actually Stop Touching Your Face
Not touching your face is a simple way to protect yourself from COVID-19, but it's not easy. Here's how to break the habit.
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Social Distancing Comes with Social Side Effects – Here’s How to Stay Connected
Physically isolating yourself can feel psychologically isolating too. But there are ways to maintain connections in these crazy coronavirus times.
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Coronavirus Roundup: News About the Outbreak that Matters to Feds
There’s a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
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When Your Work Is Classified, ‘Work From Home’ Doesn’t Work
That’s just the start of the problems for defense employees, contract workers, and their bosses who are trying to take coronavirus precautions.
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GovExec Daily: Telework Best Practices From a Manager
As the coronavirus pandemic forces more Americans to work from home, Katherine McIntire Peters talks with the podcast about how she manages a remote staff.
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White House Calls for 'Maximum Telework Flexibilities' for D.C.-Area Employees
It also gives agency heads more discretion to offer paid time off for those who cannot telework.
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White House Asks Agencies to Stop All Travel That Is Not Mission Critical
Work trips to areas with community spread of the virus should only be undertaken if they are critical to protecting life and property, OMB says.
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GovExec Daily: FLRA Wants to Make it Easier For Feds to Cancel Union Dues
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to talk about the future of unions in the federal government in light of the board's proposed change.
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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.
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7 Science-Based Strategies to Cope with Coronavirus Anxiety
A psychologist explains how to get a grip on anxiety triggered by COVID-19.
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GovExec Daily: How Unions Are Protecting Feds From Everything from Relocation to Coronavirus
Courtney Bublé and Erich Wagner spoke to the podcast about the state of public service unions and their place in the federal ecosystem.
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Senators Call on OPM to Ensure Feds and Contractors Are Protected as Coronavirus Spreads
The lawmakers pushed for expanding telework and preventing agencies from imposing disciplinary actions or pay cuts that could impede health precautions.
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Why Having Fewer OSHA Inspectors Matters
A reduction in OSHA inspectors may lead to a reduction in workplace safety.
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GovExec Daily: How Food Safety Job Changes Could Affect Your Breakfast
Eric Katz explains to GovExec Daily how a new regulatory change will affect the way pork is inspected and what that will mean for your bacon.
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Federal Employee Union Outlines Plan to Protect Members from Coronavirus
NTEU is unveiling a website with information it receives from agencies.
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Most Interior Employees Reject Mandatory Reassignments, Secretary Says
Despite widespread vacancies, department says Bureau of Land Management is in "pretty good shape."
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Viewpoint: What Trump Could Do Right Now to Keep Workers Safe From the Coronavirus
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has the power to institute emergency standards—but that would require the president to overcome his aversion to regulation.
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The President Is Winning His War on American Institutions
How Trump is destroying the civil service and bending the government to his will.
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