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Biden’s COVID-19 Challenge: 100 Million Vaccinations in the First 100 Days. It Won’t Be Easy.
But keeping campaign promises regarding the nation’s COVID-19 response will go beyond stepping up the rollout of the vaccines.
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GovExec Daily: The Biden Inauguration
Courtney Bublé and Tom Shoop join the podcast to discuss the new administration and Wednesday's festivities.
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Biden Seeks to Halt or Delay Trump’s ‘Midnight Regulations’
The new president took several immediate actions to start undoing Trump’s deregulatory agenda.
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Biden Issues Sweeping Ethics Plan for Appointees
Hours before departing the White House, former President Trump revoked his own ethics pledge, allowing current and former Trump appointees to immediately become lobbyists.
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Biden Order Rescinds Diversity Training Restrictions, Requires Review of Agency Equity
An executive order instructs all federal agencies to “root out” systemic racism from programs and institutions and rescinds Trump's controversial effort to excise so-called “divisive” diversity training programs from agencies and federal contractors.
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Viewpoint: Outgoing Political Appointees Deserve Recognition
Their professionalism and hard work alongside career employees during the pandemic should not be dismissed.
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Here's Who Is Leading Federal Agencies as Biden Nominees Await Confirmation
They are mostly career executives, but Biden has tasked some Trump officials with temporarily holding onto their positions.
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Biden Sworn in as President, Promising Truthful Government to Tackle Crises
The new president quickly turned to a deluge of day one priorities.
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An Unprecedented Transition Comes to an End
Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
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Viewpoint: EPA Needs to Return to Its Public Health Roots
The Biden administration has an opportunity to significantly strengthen the Environmental Protection Agency, says one of its leading epidemiologists.
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Biden Has a Congressional Shortcut to Cancel Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks, but It Comes with Risks
The Trump administration used this shortcut liberally in 2017, but its potential pitfalls and impact raise a question: Should Congress repeal it?
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GovExec Daily: Inaugurations and Presidential Mandates
Dr. Julia Azari joins the podcast to discuss Joe Biden's mandate amidst a pandemic and a deeply divided public.
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Don’t Expect Trump’s Workforce Policies to Be Reversed Overnight
With the Biden team focused on issues like COVID response and immigration reform, significant action to rescind the Trump administration’s harmful federal workforce policies could take a back seat.
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Biden Needs a Strategy for Strengthening the Federal Workforce
Mending the public service isn’t just one more thing to do—it’s the way to do everything that needs to be done.
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Biden's DHS Pick Defends Ethics Record, Promises Morale Boost for Workforce
Alejandro Mayorkas faces sharp questions over prior controversy despite praise for his service.
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Federal Bureau of Prisons Goes Into National Lockdown Ahead of Inauguration
The agency said the “precautionary” move was “not in response to any significant events” occurring inside its facilities.
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How Operation Warp Speed Created Vaccination Chaos
States are struggling to plan their vaccination programs with just one week’s notice for how many doses they’ll receive from the federal government. The incoming Biden administration is deciding what to do with this dysfunctional system.
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Transition Roundup: Trump Attempts Last-Minute Regulation Changes; Biden Appointee Confirmation Hearings Begin
Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
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Biden Appoints Dr. Rachel Levine as Assistant Secretary of Health, a Historic First for Transgender People
If approved, Levine would be the first ever Senate-confirmed trans official in U.S. history.
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