Covid-19

National Archives and Records Administration

National Archives clears pandemic-era backlog for vet records, seeks to digitize decades of paper

Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan told Federal News Network in an interview Friday that NPRC employees who put in extra hours on holidays and…

Veterans Affairs

Labor Dept watchdog offers buyouts, early retirement to cut staffing by 20%

Workforce

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

New DHS supply chain center aims to head off future crises

Open Data/Transparency

What can be done in the public-health sector to combat misinformation?

Health News

COVID-compliance requirements in job postings are so 10 minutes ago, OPM says

Federal Newscast

Bob Westbrooks, former inspector general and executive director of Pandemic Response Accountability Team

Search for Accountability

A GSA acquisition policy update

Off the Shelf

Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

VA sets higher in-office work requirements for teleworking employees this fall

Workforce

Curbside service to assist with hearing aid issues
Drive-through set up for Veterans

Many veterans not getting the lifeline they need from TAP

Federal Report

FILE - In this July 6, 2020, photo, a sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The Justice Department on Tuesday named Colette Peters, the director of Oregon’s prison system, to run the federal Bureau of Prisons, turning to a reform-minded outsider as it seeks to rebuild the beleaguered agenc (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Federal correctional officers continue the fight for COVID-19 hazardous-duty pay

Federal Newscast

Defense Department’s new wearable device detects illness before symptoms appear

Defense

Alleged transgression costs major government contractor $22M

In today’s Federal Newscast: A court awards some Oregon VA employees, added leave and back pay in a COVID-related case. An alleged transgression costs…

Federal Newscast

OPM washes its hands of COVID-19

In today’s Federal Newscast: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin directs DoD’s CIO to immediately issue new procedures on handling classified information….

Federal Newscast

Government Accountability Office, federal budget oversight

In the post-pandemic era, the government is still perfecting its bio-responses

Agency Oversight

Given everything that happened in the pandemic of 2020, one would think the government would have learned a thing or two about bio responses. It has learned a lot, actually. But there is more work to do, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).