Workforce
Are You Tired of Your Job or Is It Actually Burnout?
What are the signs of burnout at work and what can you do about it? An expert explains what to look for in yourself and others.
Management
Mask Rules for TSA Officers Have Been Relaxed
TSA was one of the federal agencies particularly impacted by the pandemic.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: A New CDC Center Is Focused on Disease Forecasting
There’s a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Workforce
Small Towns Drew Most New Pandemic Residents
Major cities lost people to more remote, lesser-known areas.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Are Feds Getting Closer to Returning to Offices?
Federal employment attorney John P. Mahoney joins the podcast to discuss how public servants will come back to tradition work sites.
Oversight
Judge’s Ruling on the CDC Mask Mandate Highlights the Limits of the Agency’s Power
A recent court decision that overturns one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s few pandemic rules — masks required on public transportation — spotlights how little power remains in federal hands to enforce public health protections.
Management
Pandemic Decision-Making Is Difficult and Exhausting – Here’s the Psychology that Explains Why
People tend to dislike uncertainty and risk – two things that are hard to avoid completely during a pandemic. That’s part of why it can feel especially draining to make even small decisions these days.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: A New Bill Could Help You Save for Retirement Longer
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to talk about the Securing a Strong Retirement Act.
Defense
Inflation, Supply Problems Could Push F-35 Cost Higher Than Expected, Lockheed Says
Negotiations continue on three batches of jets—Lots 15 to 17—that were expected to be finalized last year.
Management
Why We Can’t ‘Boost’ Our Way out of the COVID-19 Pandemic for the Long Term
Research suggests that too-frequent immunizations may lead to a phenomenon called “immune exhaustion.”
Tech
How the Test-to-Treat Pillar of the U.S. COVID-19 Strategy Is Failing Patients
The federal “test-to-treat” program was designed to be a one-stop shop for people to get tested for COVID and to receive treatment. But as COVID cases rise again, many communities have no participating locations, and website bugs make it difficult to book an appointment at the biggest participant.
Tech
Effective Data Sharing Key to Unwinding Emergency COVID Benefits
Without systems that can share data, states will face a daunting task redetermining eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP recipients.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: The Latest on the Federal Contractors Vaccine Mandate Challenge
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Workforce
Do You Need a Second Booster Shot? An Epidemiologist Scoured the Latest Research and Has Some Answers
New data on the second booster suggests the older you are, the more you need it.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: Two Years of CARES Act Oversight
Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss her series on COVID-19 oversight
Workforce
Opponents to Appeal the Fed Vaccine Mandate as the Biden Administration Pushes Court to Allow Immediate Suspensions
An appeals court struck down an injunction on the federal employee vaccine requirement, but it is not set to take effect for six weeks.
Management
Biden Administration Announces a Boost for Rural Health Care in its Midterm Election Push
President Joe Biden’s Cabinet members are fanning out across the county to promote benefits coming to rural America from covid relief and infrastructure legislation.
Special Report
Oversight
‘There’s a Large Amount of Fraud Out There’: Special IG for Pandemic Recovery Reflects on Nearly Two Years in the Job
The role is “not a political job in any way, shape or form” and “if we go out of business, then I think you're missing a key element of … oversight,” Brian Miller says.
Updated
Management
Non-Emergency Federal Employees Ordered to Leave Shanghai
The mandate comes as China contends with a worsening surge of COVID-19 cases.
Special Report
Oversight