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With Dozens of Confirmed Coronavirus Cases, USPS Launches New Measures to Protect Employees

Congress floats major cash injection as employees remain concerned for their safety.

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Coronavirus Roundup: OMB Releases New Workforce Guidance, Agencies Report More COVID-19 Cases

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

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GovExec Daily: Your COVID-19 Emails, Answered

Katherine McIntire Peters and Tom Shoop join the podcast to react to our readers' stories of their agency issues with coronavirus isolation.

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Dogs Can Ease Your Self-Quarantine Stress

Dogs can ease our stress during these times of COVID-19 self-quarantine, an expert explains. As an extra bonus, we can do the same for them.

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This Is How We Can Beat the Coronavirus

Mitigation can buy us time, but only suppression can get us to where we need to be.

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Coronavirus Roundup: Many Feds are in “Critical Infrastructure Workforce”

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

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5 Ways To Maintain Community While Social Distancing

It's possible to maintain community despite the social distancing necessary to contain the spread of COVID-19, according to a professor of health psychology.

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TSA Screeners Begin Staying Home En Masse After Agency Loosens Leave Rules

'We've just opened the floodgates,' one senior executive says.

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Trump Confuses Telework With Telemedicine

Asked at a press conference if he was moving to increase federal employee telework, the president referred to telehealth efforts underway.

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Coronavirus Roundup: FEMA Now Leads the Federal Response

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

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Coronavirus Roundup: Federal Response Could Last 18 Months

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

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GovExec Daily: How the Pentagon is Responding to Coronavirus

Defense One's Brad Peniston joins the podcast to explain the Defense Department's moves during the early stages of the pandemic.

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OPM Director Abruptly Quits

The government’s top HR manager Dale Cabaniss was reportedly frustrated by White House interference.

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Coronavirus Roundup: News About the Outbreak that Matters to Feds

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

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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.