Management
Social Security Unions Urge Biden to Oust Agency Leadership on Day One
Although most political appointees are expected to resign ahead of the president-elect’s inauguration next week, the two top employees at the Social Security Administration have terms that run until 2025.
Management
SBA Relaunches COVID Loan Program As Watchdog Warns About Possible Fraud
The recent COVID relief package included funding for a third round of the program, which has come under much scrutiny.
Management
Our Next Supply Chain Nightmare in the COVID-19 Response
As much as 90% of the medical glass needed for vaccine vials is made overseas.
Oversight
What Is a Margin of Error? This Statistical Tool Can Help You Understand Vaccine Trials and Political Polling
Whether you are predicting the outcome of an election or studying how effective a new drug is, there will always be some uncertainty. A margin of error is how statisticians measure that uncertainty.
Oversight
Analysis: Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a ‘Nightmare.’ They Were Right.
There are already signs that distribution of the COVID vaccines will be messy, confusing and chaotic.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Agencies' Vaccination Progress
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss Defense, VA and other departments are progressing in inoculating people.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Issues Guidance on Law Allowing Feds to Temporarily Carry Over More Annual Leave
The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act allows all federal employees to carry over an additional 25% of unused leave due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: Native Communities, the Federal Government and the Pandemic
Northern Arizona University professors Dr. Lisa Hardy and Dr. Kerry Thompson join the podcast to discuss how tribal governments are handling the COVID-19 crisis.
Management
Federal Agencies Have Distributed 200K Coronavirus Vaccine Doses So Far
Four agencies have provided the shots from their own distributions, but this only represents a fraction of the doses the agencies received.
Management
Correcting Corrections: Lessons for Prisons and Jails in a Post-COVID World
Not only are incarcerated people getting infected and dying at unprecedented rates, but so are the people who work in these facilities.
Tech
How Will People Actually Get COVID-19 Vaccines?
With COVID-19 vaccine distribution underway, how will people get them and what are the potential distribution pitfalls? An expert breaks down the logistics.
Management
Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us
As vaccines roll out, the U.S. will face a choice about what to learn and what to forget.
Management
The World That COVID Made: What Should American Foreign Policy Do?
The pandemic reminds us that "American leadership" is not a trite euphemism. It is arguably the single most important factor in whether the arc of history bends toward something better or something worse.
Management
Report: Pandemic Likely to Dominate Federal Contracting in Fiscal 2021
Bloomberg Government predicted spending to be high on vaccines, telework and digital services.
Management
Trump Signs Omnibus Spending and COVID Relief Deal, Averting a Shutdown
The president will send a “redlined version” back to Congress.
Management
IRS is Ready to Distribute Stimulus Checks if Trump Approves Bill
President Trump threw lawmakers for a loop after he blasted a pandemic relief spending package as insufficient. The outcome is uncertain.
Workforce
Can Employers Require Workers to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine? 6 Questions Answered
The federal agency in charge of enforcing discrimination laws in the workplace said "yes," but there are some important exceptions and limitations.
Workforce
CDC Panel Designates USPS Workers as Next in Line for COVID-19 Vaccine
Postal employees are part of a group "critical to the functioning of society," per panel's recommendation.
Management
Trump Blasts COVID Relief Package, Demands Revisions Risking a Shutdown
President asks Congress to dramatically increase the size of stimulus checks.
Management