Workforce
GovExec Daily: Will the Vaccine Mandate Discipline Ever Begin?
Federal employment attorney Stephanie Rapp-Tully joins the podcast to discuss the enforcement of the Biden administration's delayed rules.
Management
Boost Now or Wait? Many Wonder How Best to Ride Out COVID's Next Wave
Many undervaccinated Americans have lost interest, and others aren’t sure whether to get boosted again now or wait for vaccines reformulated to target newer strains of the virus.
Oversight
The SBA Watchdog Says Data, Collaboration and Proper Controls Are Vital for COVID Oversight
The Small Business Administration inspector general says the agency “had to leverage data analytics like we've never leveraged it” and collaboration “was on hyper-speed.”
Workforce
VA Has Disciplined 74 Employees Related to Its COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
One of the few agencies still enforcing the vaccine requirement has fired very few workers as a result.
Management
Is Monkeypox a Pandemic? An Epidemiologist Explains Why It Isn’t Likely to Become as Widespread as COVID-19, but Is Worth Watching
The monkeypox virus, which is commonly found in West and Central Africa, is now causing many infections in the U.S., Europe and Latin America.
Management
Coronavirus Roundup: Watchdog Dings SBA’s Oversight of Restaurant Relief Program
There’s a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Tech
Bad Data and Old Tech Hamper CDC's Ability Track COVID Exposures on Flights
Because of its clunky, outdated data system, the CDC can't quickly identify how many people were exposed to a sick person on a plane, a recent GAO report states.
Management
Vaccine and Testing Delays for Monkeypox Echo Failures in Early COVID Response
Public health officials say monkeypox is not as dangerous as covid and can be handled well with current treatments and if those at risk use caution. But the rollout of vaccines has been slow and led to angst among some at-risk people.
Management
Coronavirus Roundup: OMB Director Tests Positive for COVID-19
There’s a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Oversight
The SBA Gave 'Shuttered Venues' COVID Relief Funds They Didn't Ask For
Poor oversight riddled the emergency program, leading to $1.5 billion in questioned awards.
Management
How Pfizer Won the Pandemic, Reaping Outsize Profit and Influence
The drugmaker has the best-selling vaccine to prevent covid and the most effective drug to treat it. Its success has overshadowed the government’s covid-fighting strategy.
Workforce
Enforcement of Biden's Federal Employee COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Is Delayed—Again
A federal appeals court will rehear the case this fall in front of its full panel of its judges.
Management
Coronavirus Roundup: Free, Accessible Tests for the Visually Impaired; Pandemic-Related Delays in Cleaning Up Superfund Sites
There’s a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
Trump’s Dismissiveness of COVID Led to a ‘Lack of Action’ Across Federal Agencies, His Former Pandemic Response Leader Says
Deborah Birx details how she attempted to sidestep promotion of debunked science and potential political interference with scientific work.
Management
Six Big Government Success Stories of the Last Two Decades
Often, it’s not what government has accomplished that’s significant, but what it has prevented from happening.
Management
Coronavirus Roundup: The FDA Authorizes Vaccines for Little Kids; Senator Blasts Administration Over Handling of COVID Funds
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s a list of this week’s news updates and stories you may have missed.
Workforce
Long COVID Is More Likely for 9/11 Responders with Chronic Disease
Many 9/11 first responders have chronic conditions from Ground Zero exposure. Now, researchers say they're more likely to get long COVID, too.
Workforce
A House Panel Advances Legislation Encouraging Telework at Agencies
The bill would improve training for managers, among other things.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The Value Shift in the Workplace
Author Dr. Jessica Grossmeier joins the podcast to discuss how Americans are reevaluating their relationships with their jobs.
Oversight
COVID Oversight Officials Request More Time and Money to Ferret Out Fraud
Democrats allege more mismanagement of pandemic funds by the Trump administration.
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