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A Union is Calling on the VA to Replace Its Chief Negotiator Following Trump-esque Bargaining Demands
Despite edicts from President Biden and VA Secretary Denis McDonough to establish more collaborative labor-management relations and empower labor groups, the department continues to push for a contract that closely mirrors the former president’s anti-union executive orders.
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Low Vaccine Booster Rates Are Now a Key Factor in COVID-19 Deaths – and Racial Disparities in Booster Rates Persist
Early on, public health messaging focused on the need for vaccines to combat COVID-19. But far less attention has been given to the role of boosters in preventing deaths and reducing inequities.
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Unraveling the Interplay of Omicron, Reinfections, and Long COVID
The omicron variant has proved adept at finding hosts, often by reinfecting people who recovered from earlier bouts of covid. But whether omicron triggers long COVID as often and severe as previous variants is a matter of heated study.
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Many People Lost Sense of Time During The COVID-19 Pandemic
The pandemic altered many people's sense of time, leading to trouble keeping track of days and feeling that hours either rushed by or slowed down.
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GovExec Daily: The Inflation Reduction Act's IRS Priorities
Former White House official Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins the podcast to discuss how the law will affect taxpayers and small businesses.
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Language Patterns Reveal People’s Hidden Feelings About Others
New research digs into how patterns in the language people use to describe their feelings can reveal what they really think about other groups of people.
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Lawmaker Pushes for Legislative Branch Employees to Have the Same Rights as Other Feds
Congress should hold itself to the same employer standards as the rest of government, House member says.
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Women — Particularly Women of Color — Stand to Benefit Most from Biden’s Student Loan Relief Plan
Women hold two-thirds of student loan debt, and women of color have higher loan balances than their White counterparts.
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GovExec Daily: Looking Back at the Malheur Anti-Government Occupation
Tom Shoop joins the podcast to discuss the latest in his "That Time" series.
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At Least One Major Agency Is Still Testing Unvaxxed Feds, Defying White House Policy
The Defense Department says it is still trying to figure out how to implement the new policy within its unique workforce.
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Here’s Where Federal Employee Unions Can Look to Expand Their Ranks
According to new data from the Office of Personnel Management, nearly 300,000 federal employees are eligible to form unions but haven’t.
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GovExec Daily: VOA is 'Looking For Impact,' Says Chief
Courtney Bublé talks to Yolanda López, acting director of Voice of America, about leadership, managing crises and the agency.
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'Stay Vigilant:' Agencies Issue Warnings, Take New Steps to Combat Wave of Threats Against Feds
The Biden administration is looking to protect feds as anti-government rhetoric heats up.
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Why Letting Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices Won’t Be the Game-Changer for Health Care Democrats Hope It Will Be
A new law will let Medicare bargain for the first time. But a health policy scholar explains why it’s unlikely to make much of a difference in how much seniors – or anyone else – pays for their meds.
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Economist: Inflation Math Can Make Things Seem Worse
Focusing on the annual rate of change, rather than month-to-month inflation changes, distorts the economic reality and makes a bad situation look worse, says economist John Horn.
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A Civil Servant's Effort to Humanize Government, One Fed at a Time
An effort to tell the stories of government workers has the goal of letting the American people know that public servants actually care.
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A Union Is Urging Support for TSA Workforce Reform in the Defense Policy Bill
The American Federation of Government Employees also said they oppose a plan to delay the Defense Department’s return to one-year probationary periods for new employees.
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Republican Senator Implores Americans Not to Apply for New IRS Jobs
New positions aimed at enforcing tax laws are immoral and will not last long anyway, lawmaker suggests.
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The Biden Administration Ends COVID-19 Testing Aimed at Unvaccinated Workers
Employees will soon face the same safety protocols regardless of vaccination status.
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