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FEMA Is Deploying Employees Ill-Prepared for Disaster Response, Report Finds
The agency is also dealing with severe shortfalls in its on-call and reservist workforce.
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Coronavirus Roundup: A Case That Telework Has Made Some Feds More Productive During 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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Especially Now, Find a Way to Recognize Employee Milestones
This Public Service Recognition Week, it’s more important than ever to honor landmark events.
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To Safely Reopen, Make the Workweek Shorter. Then Keep It Shorter.
This crisis is the ideal time to make radical changes to how we work in America.
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What Feds Can Do if Called Back to an Unsafe Workplace
As some in the Trump administration push toward “reopening the government,” a federal employment lawyer said worried workers might find solace in existing leave policies and the whistleblower protection statute.
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Honoring Public Servants in the Midst of a Pandemic
Government workers have long put their lives on the line to protect us but today, they’re doing so on a massive scale and under the most challenging circumstances.
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FEMA to Begin Distributing PPE to Federal Employees This Week
FEMA and HHS will coordinate deliveries.
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Feds Send Coronavirus Strike Force to Amarillo in Response to Outbreaks in Meatpacking Plants
Potter County has roughly four times the infection rate of Harris and Dallas counties.
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Sammie Finalists Highlight Outstanding Accomplishments of Federal Employees
Dr. Anthony Fauci is one of 27 career civil servants recognized in the Partnership for Public Service’s prestigious annual awards program.
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Americans Support Postal Service Bailout, Polls Show
Trump has said he would oppose any effort to provide financial assistance to the cash-strapped agency.
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NASA’s Jane Datta On the People Part of the Space Mission
In a time of pandemic, serving as the space agency’s chief human capital officer presents unprecedented challenges.
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Legislation Would Designate a Civilian Official to Oversee Acquisition of Medical Supplies, Bolster Transparency
Process of getting equipment to front-line workers during the coronavirus pandemic has been “absolute chaos” so far, bill sponsor says.
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Trump Administration's High Turnover and Vacancy Rates Could Hinder Pandemic Response
The administration has seen an 85% turnover rate among upper-level officials.
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The Civil Service System is Another Pandemic Casualty
The need for a new work management paradigm has never been more obvious.
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White House Directs Agencies to Plan for Presidential Transition
Under the law, agencies have until Friday to designate career officials to oversee planning.
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Analysis: No Testing, No Treatment, No Herd Immunity, No Easy Way Out
We need to start preparing for a darker reality.
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Humans Are Too Optimistic to Comprehend the Coronavirus
Why Americans didn’t see this pandemic coming.
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GovExec Daily: The Pandemic's Effect on the Census
Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss how the decennial count – along with other government programs – is affected.
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Federal Employee Union Proposes Preconditions to Returning to Government Work Sites
The American Federation of Government Employees last week called the Trump administration’s recently unveiled plans for “reopening” the federal government “premature and imprudent.”
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