The Department of Health and Human Services launched a new division focused on the long-term effects of COVID-19, directing its efforts to combat and respond to the condition. HHS on Monday unveiled
MorePaul Friedrichs, a retired U.S. Air Force major general, has been named director of a new permanent office within the Executive Office of the President tasked with coordinating policies related to pandemic
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Laura Stanton, a General Services Administration official, said federal agencies looking to improve employee performance, offer compliance-related courses and flexible learning options and provide training on cloud, software and other information technology
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The White House has issued an executive order revoking the COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees and contractors, effective May 12. President Joe Biden said Tuesday policies issued in September 2021 meant
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Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will step down at the end of June after more than two years in service. The agency announced Friday that Walensky
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The White House said it will stop implementing COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal contractors and employees and foreign air travelers on May 11. The move will coincide with the end of the
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Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, has reintroduced a measure that would direct the current administration to declassify all information related to the potential
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Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a two-time Wash100 awardee, has issued a memorandum to rescind COVID-19 vaccination requirements for members of the U.S. armed forces in compliance with
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A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected the White House’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for federal contractors in a 2-1 ruling, Reuters reported. The U.S. Appeals Court for the 5th Circuit upheld a
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Some cybersecurity experts and attorneys said the theft of U.S. COVID-19 relief funds by a cyber hacking group with ties to the Chinese government, dubbed APT41, demonstrates the ability of the group
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