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Pentagon mulls special pay boost to fix health care personnel shortage
Officials blamed the shortage on an inability to set competitive pay and other instances of bureaucratic red tape slowing the onboarding of workers.
Nearly half of Biden’s 500M free COVID tests still unclaimed
Wild demand swings have been a subplot in the pandemic, from vaccines to hand sanitizer, along with tests. On the first day of the White House test giveaway in January, COVIDtests.gov received over 45 million orders. Now officials say fewer than 100,000 orders a day are coming in for the packages of four free rapid tests per household, delivered by the U.S. Postal Service.
$400M VA program to help COVID-unemployed vets has produced few new jobs
VA's rapid retraining program has helped just a small fraction of the veterans that officials expected.
DoD is pausing civilian COVID vaccine mandate after court ruling
Defense Department civilians will not be fired or required an exemption from COVID-19 vaccination while the lawsuit plays out.
Trump appointee blocks Biden federal worker vaccine mandate
Biden announced in September that more than 3.5 million federal workers were required to undergo vaccination, with no option to get regularly tested instead, unless they secured approved medical or religious exemptions.
Federal website for free virus tests is here. How does it work?
A new federal website to request free test kits officially launches Wednesday — but was available to use Tuesday — with the first shipments going out to Americans by the end of the month.
Congress’ doctor wants ‘maximal telework’ amid virus surge
The seven-day average rate of infection at the Capitol's testing center has grown from less than 1% to more than 13%.
DOJ says federal inmates on home confinement can stay out of prison
More than 35,000 inmates were released as part of the effort to ease pandemic conditions as long as they met certain criteria, including they were not likely a danger to others.
Judge blocks Biden vaccine mandate for federal contractors
The judge found that the states opposing the mandate are likely to succeed in their claim that the president exceeded authorization from Congress when he issued the requirement in September.
By Geoff Mulvihill and David A. Lieb, AP
Official: More than 90% of fed workers got shots by deadline
President Joe Biden announced in September that all federal workers were required to undergo vaccination, with no test-out option, unless they secured an approved medical or religious exemption.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
Federal union calls for delay on vaccine mandate deadline
Federal contractors have until after the holiday season to ensure that all employees are vaccinated, while feds have a pre-Thanksgiving deadline.
By Jessie Bur