All posts tagged "Department of Veterans Affairs"

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  US federal employees wrongly fired under Trump-era accountability legislation to get compensation

  The US federal government’s Department of Veterans Affairs is to offer compensation to officials who were wrongly sacked under 2017 legislation intended to make it easier to remove officials. The

  • Posted August 2, 2023
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  ‘Focus on the customer is the rallying point’: US federal CIO Clare Martorana on how to drive transformation in government

  The US federal government’s chief information officer is at the frontline of driving transformation in the world’s most influential government. She speaks to Global Government Forum about how to lead

  • Posted May 24, 2023
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  US federal agency’s tech hiring drive pays dividends; New Zealand PM axes policy plans: management & workforce news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Tech recruitment drive proving successful at US Department of Veterans Affairs The US Department

  • Posted February 16, 2023
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  US veterans affairs employees report not feeling emotionally supported during COVID-19

  More than half (51%) of clinical staff at the US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) did not feel emotionally supported during the COVID-19 pandemic, while only 40% were aware of the

  • Posted May 16, 2022
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  Thousands of US feds miss vaccine mandate deadline, face discipline

  The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to start disciplining employees after it found that 30% of its 380,000-strong health care workforce had not met the deadline to prove

  • Posted October 28, 2021
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  Biden mandates vaccines for all feds and demands corporates follow suit

  President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that mandates all US federal workers and government contractors must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face disciplinary action. He also announced plans

  • Posted September 13, 2021
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  US unions demand COVID safeguards for federal staff

  Unions representing 300,000 US federal workers have written a letter to president Trump urging his administration to prioritise the safety and security of government employees in the face of COVID-19.

  • Posted June 2, 2020
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  US federal CIO signals long-term shift away from face-to-face meetings

  US federal bodies are likely to redesign their “physical footprint” in the light of COVID-19, the federal chief information officer of the United States has said, arguing that “in the

  • Posted May 26, 2020
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  US government agencies to begin “phased transition” to normal working operations

  The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has published a notice stating that the federal government will begin a “phased transition” to normal working operations, in line with guidelines unveiled

  • Posted May 12, 2020
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  White House requests $46bn emergency funding package for federal agencies

  The White House has requested US$46bn (€43bn) in emergency funding for federal agencies in response to the coronavirus pandemic. If approved, most of the funding would go towards medical treatment

  • Posted March 25, 2020
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