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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Tech
The VA Is Planning New Health Record Deployments, Despite Critical Watchdog Reports
Two upcoming go-live dates for the Cerner health record at VA facilities in Washington and Ohio will proceed on schedule, the agency says.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: A New COVID-19 Response Coordinator, New Reentry Guidance for Defense Civilians
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s this week’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
The VA's New Health Record Is Still Putting Patients at Risk
The transition to Cerner's electronic health records system at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane is still being hindered on multiple fronts more than a year after go-live.
Management
Agencies Won’t Need COVID-Related Size Approvals Anymore for In-Person Events, With a Few Exceptions
Updated guidance also covers entry provisions for onsite contractors and visitors to federal facilities.
Tech
GovExec Daily: The Gaps in Health Data for Native Communities
Nextgov's Alexandra Kelley joins the podcast to discuss a GAO report on tribal epidemiological centers’ lack of access to health data.
Management
Coronavirus Roundup: COVID Fraud Prosecutor Announced; IRS Hiring 10,000 New Employees for Pandemic-Induced Backlog
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Tech
USDA Looks to Modify a Key Nutrition Program for the Online Age
USDA wants to modernize WIC to allow for online shopping, but tech and regulatory hurdles need to be cleared.
Management
The Surgeon General Wants to Hear Your Experiences with COVID Misinformation
The White House’s new pandemic plan outlines efforts to buck falsehoods.
Management
Biden Has Picked a Long-Time Indian Health Service Official to Lead the Agency
Roselyn Tso would be in charge of an agency that serves members of 574 federally recognized tribes in 37 states.
Management
Experts Recommend Creating a New White House Position for Pandemic Response
COVID-19 may transition from pandemic to endemic status, but there will still be a new normal, they said.
Tech
Native American Health Agencies Struggled to Access Federal Data Amid Pandemic
A new report outlines the steps health agencies, including the CDC and IHS, need to improve tribal epidemiological centers’ access to public health data.
Workforce
Coronavirus Roundup: DOJ Amps Up its COVID-19 Fraud Efforts
Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
The Senate Passes a Measure Aimed at Undoing the Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers
The Supreme Court allowed it to stand last month, but lawmakers say the measure punishes the health care workforce.
Management