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Coronavirus Roundup: Injunction on Health Care Workers Vaccine Mandate Amended 

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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Will Federal Employees Get Extra Time Off at Christmas? 

Since Christmas falls on a Saturday this year, feds are likely to just get off that Friday. 

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GovExec Daily: How the Administration Got Most Feds Vaccinated

Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss his story on the ways the White House got a better than 90% compliance rate with its vaccine mandate.

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GovExec Daily: How to Manage Working Parents During the Pandemic

Dr. Ellen Ernst Kossek joins the podcast to discuss how managers can help their employees' work-life balance.

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Science Foundation Director Faces Employee Backlash Over Reentry Announcement

Union officials say the NSF director appears to be slow-walking implementation of a hybrid work environment, including remote work and telework, following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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GovExec Daily: The Federal Workplace of the Future

Eric Katz speaks to NASA's John Dankanich and HHS' Michael Peckham about how the pandemic has changed the way feds work.

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House Approves Sweeping Reforms to Protect Feds, Boost Agency Oversight

Just one Republican votes in favor of the changes to whistleblower, inspector general, vacancy and other civil service laws.

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Coronavirus Roundup: OMB Guidance on Suspension of Contractor Vaccine Mandate; Booster News 

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: When Will Unvaccinated Feds Face Discipline?

Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss the Biden administration moving the deadline.

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GovExec Daily: What's Next For the Legality of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

Federal employment attorney John P. Mahoney joins the podcast to discuss next steps for those in – and out of – compliance with the rules.

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Biden Administration Recognizes Immigration Judge Union, Reversing Trump Decision

Even under Biden, the Justice Department briefly argued against the judges' collective bargaining.

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Compromise Defense Policy Bill Repeals Pentagon’s Two-Year Probationary Period, Grants Feds Bereavement Leave

Left out of the final bill was a provision that would align the General Schedule and Federal Wage System locality pay maps.

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Is It Time to Change the Definition of ‘Fully Vaccinated’?

Experts weigh in as the federal government urges everyone to get boosted amid concerns over omicron, a new COVID variant.

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Can Windy Days Shield You from COVID-19?

Low wind speeds and stale air are associated with as much as 45% higher incidence of contracting COVID-19 when people socialize outside, researchers say.

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GovExec Daily: Teamwork During Remote Work

Management expert Melodie Carlson joins the podcast to discuss how to manage a team during telework.