Defense
Military Leaders Ask to Delay Budget Planning To Focus on Coronavirus, Let Staff Stay Home
But the Defense Department's No. 2 told Army, Navy, and Air Force budget planners to figure a different solution.
Oversight
EPA Science Panel Plows Ahead with Toxic Chemical’s Review, Despite Coronavirus Crisis
Under White House pressure, the EPA ordered the expert review panel to ignore the conclusions of its own scientists that the widely used solvent causes fetal heart defects.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: How to Maintain Mental Health During the Pandemic
Neuropsychologist Dr. Sanam Hafeez joins the podcast to explain how self-isolation can affect one's emotional state– and how to stave off the problems inherent in isolation.
Tech
How to Survive Pandemic Re-entry
Astronauts have given us some useful tips for surviving isolation, but we’ll need more to weather a pandemic.
Management
Try These Tips to Keep Your Cool at Home
Here are a range of expert tips and resources to reduce stress as we adjust to a new normal. For example, how on earth do we parent through a pandemic?
Management
With Coronavirus Cases Spiking, VA Struggles to Protect Employees and Screen Patients
Report finds testing, equipment and staffing shortfalls at VA facilities around the country.
Management
Immigration Services Agency Seeks to Suspend Bargaining With Union Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Although the agency already is allowed to implement workplace changes because of the national health emergency, officials now want to skip post-implementation bargaining as well.
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Some States Stall Plastic Bag Bans During Coronavirus Outbreak
Lawmakers and some store chains are temporarily banning reusable bags amid fears that their usage could help spread coronavirus.
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Nearly 200 Cities Short on Supplies for Dealing With Coronavirus, Mayors Report
The U.S. Conference of Mayors says new survey findings show shortages of essential items have reached “crisis proportions.”
Workforce
Trump Administration Launches Coronavirus Surge Response Program
Federal employees can apply for temporary assignments to help with the pandemic response.
Oversight
A Framework for National Recovery From COVID-19
There's a path forward drawing on lessons from the 2009 stimulus coupled with the Australian approach to coronavirus.
Management
House Sends Stimulus Package to Trump, Without Federal Workforce Provisions It Had Pushed
Agencies will receive $340B, helping to boost hiring, telework and office cleaning.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: Government to Issue New Guidance Based on Regional Risks
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
Internal Emails Show How Chaos at the CDC Slowed the Early Response to Coronavirus
The CDC fumbled its communication with public health officials and underestimated the threat of the coronavirus even as it gained a foothold in the United States, according to hundreds of pages of documents ProPublica obtained.
Management
As Coronavirus Infections Spread, So Have Clashes Between ICE Detainees and Guards
At ICE detention camps across the country, unrest is growing as detainees warn that dirty conditions and a disturbing lack of soap and other supplies could allow coronavirus to run rampant.
Defense
The Army’s Next Attack-Reconnaissance Helicopter Is Coming Into Focus
Bell Textron and Sikorsky will build test models as the service seeks a replacement for the Kiowa and some Apache missions.
Management
The Four Possible Timelines for Life Returning to Normal
The coronavirus outbreak may last for a year or two, but some elements of pre-pandemic life will likely be won back in the meantime.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: How to Stay Connected With Your Team
Michael Lee Stallard and Katharine P. Stallard join the podcast to talk about how to keep your team's spirits up while also staying on the same page.
Tech
The Coronavirus Has Tied Us to Earth
Space missions around the world are on hold—a poignant reminder of how the pandemic has upended civilization.
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