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GovExec Daily: Updates to the Vaccine Mandate for Feds

Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss clarifications from the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force.

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House Panel Approves Spending Surge to Fix and Upgrade VA Buildings

Funding would preempt a commission that will determine what VA's footprint should look like going forward.

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18 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic – a Retrospective in 7 Charts

A lot has happened since the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. A portrait in data highlights trends in everything from case counts, to research publications, to variant spread.

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Court Appears to Favor Allowing Large Postal Service Price Hikes

Large-scale mailers are arguing federal statute requires increases to be tied to inflation.

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OPM Sees Eye-to-Eye With Outside Experts on Its Future Role in Governmentwide Personnel Policy

The federal government’s human resources agency said it is incorporating many of the ideas proposed by the National Academy of Public Administration in its upcoming strategic plan, but some will require funding increases and congressional action.

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Long-Secret FBI Report Reveals New Connections Between 9/11 Hijackers and Saudi Religious Officials in U.S.

“This validates what we have been saying,” says an attorney for families of 9/11 victims who are suing the Saudi government over alleged support of the 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Animal Rights Advocates Say NIH Blocks Critical Comments on Social Media

The plaintiffs argue that the agency and the Health and Human Services Department are practicing “viewpoint discrimination.”

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Federal Agencies ‘Pause and Remember’ 9/11 on 20th Anniversary of Attacks

The attacks transformed the federal government, resulting in the creation of the Homeland Security Department and changing agencies’ missions and the presidential transition process.

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GovExec Daily: Reflections on the Sept. 11 Attacks

Twenty years after the terrorist attacks, the podcast recalls what the events meant for people in Washington, New York and government itself.

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'Understaffed' IRS Is Letting Top 1% Avoid Taxes, Biden Administration Laments

Wealthiest Americans avoid $163B in taxes annually, but auditors warn that Biden's plan to fix the gap may yield underwhelming results.

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HUD Cuts ‘Red Tape’ for Hurricane Ida Victims

Department announces a package of 27 administrative and regulatory waivers.

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Why People Resist Disaster Preparedness Spending

Some people may oppose disaster preparedness spending because it "only seems worthwhile to those personally affected by extreme weather events."

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‘Get Out Now’ – Inside the White House on 9/11, According to the Staffers Who Were There

A top White House aide to President George W. Bush recounts what 9/11 was like for White House staffers.

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GovExec Daily: Managing a Merger and a Pandemic – All at Once

Roy Azevedo of Raytheon Intelligence & Space joined the podcast to discuss managing a huge contractor during a period of upheaval.

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The Case for Building a Collaborative Intergovernmental System

No significant public initiative fits entirely within one government agency or even one level of government.

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The Federal Government's Internal Health Clinics Won't Help Test Employees for COVID-19, Despite New Mandate

Managers throughout government said they have not been provided any support to implement the testing requirement.