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Coronavirus Roundup: FDA Grants First Full Approval for COVID-19 Vaccine; Pentagon Announces Vaccine Mandate
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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You’ve Been Vaccinated. Now Prove It.
Critics raise logistical and privacy concerns over vaccine documentation.
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Coronavirus Roundup: Booster Shots Coming; State Outlines Certification Process for Employees
Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
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GovExec Daily: OPM Makes It Easier For Agencies to Hire Interns
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss new Office of Personnel Management regulations.
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Biden Proposes Dramatic Hiring Surge in Asylum Workforce as Part of Immigration Overhaul
The administration is looking to more than double the number of asylum employees as it shifts responsibilities between agencies.
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OPM Rule Eases Agency Hiring of Interns
Under regulations slated for publication Wednesday, agencies will be able to hire job candidates still in college to temporary jobs and can eventually convert them to permanent positions.
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Coronavirus Roundup: Booster Shot News; GSA Rethinks the Future of Work
Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
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GovExec Daily: The Future of Workforce Development
Eric Katz talks to Homeland Security's Clo Taylor about learning and engagement.
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Second Agency Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Some Civilian Employees
Nearly 400,000 feds are now facing a requirement to receive their shots as the Delta variant surges.
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Court Deals Yet Another Blow to Firing Reform Law
Thousands of workers may now have a new avenue to getting their jobs back.
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Judge Dismisses Most of Abuse Victims’ Lawsuit Against AFGE Officials
After describing claims against individual AFGE officials over their inaction to stop former President J. David Cox’s sexual abuse as not “viable,” a federal judge preserved only four claims against the union and Cox himself.
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VA Adds 245K Employees to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
The vast majority of Veterans Health Administration staff must receive the shots or risk being fired.
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Senate-Approved Infrastructure Bill Would Raise Wildland Firefighter Pay
The bill also would increase the number of full-time federal firefighters.
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GovExec Daily: Diversity and the Importance of Data Collection
Courtney Bublé talks to diversity officers from four different agencies about the ways to encourage DEI in government.
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GovExec Daily: Modernizing the IRS Workforce
Dr. Ron Sanders joins the podcast to discuss how to fix the Internal Revenue Service and shrink the tax gap.
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HHS Agrees to Reset Labor Relations, While Education Heads to Administrative Trial
While HHS and NTEU said they will work to resolve long-running litigation, the Education Department and AFGE are set to head to trial over several unfair labor practice complaints.
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Feds Could Be Fired, Imprisoned for Lying About Vaccination Status
Unions may have to bargain over vaccination policy implementation after the fact.
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Coronavirus Roundup: Watchdogs Find Challenges With COVID Data System and PPE Distribution Early in the Pandemic
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: After the Mandate, How Will Agencies Implement Testing For Employees?
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss how Biden's announcement will be executed.
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