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Defense Health Agency nurses face recruiting freeze, threats to pay
The agency has held town halls informing employees that it’s suspending a regrade of existing GS-13 nursing positions.
Feds get broader leave approval for COVID-19 vaccination
Agencies must now offer feds a certain amount of discretionary leave in order to get or recover from the COVID-19 vaccine.
By Jessie Bur
OPM lays out path for more paid federal interns
Agencies will soon have the authority to hire college students to temporary, competitive positions, as part of the government's expansion of paid internships.
By Jessie Bur
More patient-facing feds required to get COVID vaccine
Medical staff at the Department of Health and Human Services who have the potential to be in contact with patients will be required to receive vaccination against COVID-19.
By Jessie Bur
What government contractors should know about the Q4 2021 spending rush
The ‘spending spree’ typically creates great opportunities for government contractors to win more business, but this year especially.
By Carey Webster, GovWin from Deltek
Off-duty DEA agent arrested on Capitol riot charges
A video posted on the internet showed Mark Sami Ibrahim carrying a flag bearing the words 'Liberty or Death' outside the Capitol, about 12 minutes before a mob of people pulled apart a nearby set of barricades.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Federal paid leave expansion advances in the House
The Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act would allow federal employees to take up to 12 weeks of paid time off for personal medical challenges, to care for a sick family member or to prepare for a family member's deployment with the armed forces.
By Jessie Bur
Watchdog: 2 Trump EPA appointees defrauded agency of $130K
Two high-ranking Trump political appointees at the EPA engaged in fraudulent payroll activities, including payments to employees after they were fired and to one of the officials when he was absent from work.
Pandemic response drives the best federal workplaces
Agencies that were prepared for the changes brought about by the pandemic also proved to be top-rated places to work in the federal government in 2020.
By Jessie Bur
Biden introduces sweeping diversity initiative amid race-training controversy
The executive order signed by President Joe Biden instructs agencies to pursue far-reaching initiatives to improve diversity, equity and inclusion within the federal workforce.
By Jessie Bur
Fully vaccinated feds get more travel freedom
Both official travel and personal travel have fewer restrictions attached for federal employees that have completed a full course of COVID-19 vaccination.
By Jessie Bur