Workforce
Less Than a Week after Social Security Offices Reopen, Unions Report a Mixed Bag
Although some components reported a more collaborative labor-management relationship, that did not extend to field office employees, who now report feeling physically threatened at work.
Special Report
Oversight
Two Years of COVID-19 Oversight: A Look Back
The CARES Act of 2020 created three pandemic-related oversight entities, and our series will examine their successes and failures as well as their challenges and goals moving forward.
Special Report
Oversight
The Inspectors General COVID Committee Has an ‘Enormous Responsibility'
“We've really changed the way we as federal IGs do business,” says Michael Horowitz, Justice Department inspector general and chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: $60 Million Grants Awarded for Public Health AmeriCorps; DOD Consolidates COVID Guidance
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
Appeals Court Reinstates Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees
Agencies will soon be able to start punishing unvaccinated workers.
Management
The White House Signals Support for the Centers for Disease Control’s Plans to Undergo Review
The agency received backlash under the Trump and Biden administrations.
Defense
Defense Secretary, Joint Chiefs Chair Rebuff Claims Vaccine Mandate Hurts Recruiting
GOP lawmakers try to pin recruiting, retention misses on DOD’s COVID requirements.
Management
The White House is Expanding its ‘Whole-of-Government’ Approach to Long COVID
In the United States, 7.7 million to 23 million people could have developed long COVID as of February 2022.
Workforce
Losing Sleep Over the Pandemic? Work Flexibility May Be a Boon for Night Owls’ Health
Many sleep scientists maintain that people who prefer to stay up late could improve their mental and physical health by synchronizing their natural sleep cycles with workday demands. The flexible work schedules that came with COVID's work-from-home trend, according to one new study, backs up this idea.
Management
Travel in the Time of COVID: Getting There Is Easy — It’s Getting Home That’s Hard
The part of my London visit that I didn’t plan was testing positive for the coronavirus. I couldn’t get back to the U.S., but the U.K. didn’t care what I did or where I went.
Workforce
Tomorrow’s COVID Safety Guidelines Will Be Different from Today’s – but that Doesn’t Mean Yesterday’s Were Wrong
The constantly changing COVID-19 rules can be frustrating. But this pandemic is like no other public health crisis in history. It is better to think of the virus and US responses the way we think about hurricanes.
Tech
GovExec Daily: How the Ukraine War – and COVID-19 – is Affecting Inflation and Supply Chains
Dr. David Simchi-Levi, director of the MIT Data Science Lab, joins the podcast to discuss how recent events have shocked the global system.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: A New Calculator Helps You Figure Out What to Do After a COVID-19 Exposure
There’s a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Tech
When Will You Know the Pandemic Is Over?
How will we know when the COVID-19 pandemic is at an end? Will we live with the virus forever? What happens next? Experts have some answers for you.
Management
Even after Lockdowns Eased, Pandemic Depression Persisted across Social Classes
A new study finds that adults in the U.S. reported the same levels of depression a year into the pandemic as they did at the outset.
Oversight
Lawmakers Want to Know When Most Feds Will Be Working in Person Again
They’d also like to scrutinize the federal government’s real estate footprint.
Management
Biden Is Looking to Improve Pandemic Preparedness With His Budget Proposal
The budget suggests an investment of $88.2 billion across seven departments, agencies and offices.
Management
Health Officials See Bright Future in Poop Surveillance
Sewage surveillance is proving so useful in mapping covid trends that many public health officials say it should become standard practice in tracking infectious diseases. Whether that happens will depend on the nation’s ability to make it viable in communities rich and poor.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: The Biden Administration Is Renewing Its Calls for More COVID-19 Funds
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