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Agencies have just over six more months to make use of Schedule A hiring authorities for pandemic response.

Former ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, the State Department’s first ever chief diversity and inclusion officer, plans to make her agency the ‘gold standard’ in diversity and inclusion efforts.

Federal agencies will have new responsibilities under the recently passed infrastructure bill that will require an increase in workers to perform those jobs.

Feds will be able to get booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine during their workday without having to use annual or sick leave.

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., introduced legislation Dec. 1 to ensure that all federal internships are paid, as the number of interns has plunged over the last decade.

The fines collected from unruly or abusive travelers could go toward hiring more officers at the Transportation Security Agency and the Federal Air Marshal Service.

The updated guidance features an entirely new section on employees that work remotely for the vast majority of their hours.

Federal employees that have not received any vaccine doses yet can only get the Johnson & Johnson version and still meet the Nov. 22 deadline.

Children between ages 5 and 11 have been approved to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, meaning that feds may receive leave to accompany such children.

Some agencies authorized to make special hires under the CARES Act chose not to do so, according to a Government Accountability Office report.