Today, President Biden signed an Executive Order requiring all federal employees and contractors get vaccinated against Covid-19 as a part of his six-pronged, comprehensive national strategy to overcome the pandemic. The six parts of the plan consist of vaccinating the unvaccinated, further protecting the vaccinated, keeping schools safely open, increasing testing and requiring masking, protecting our economic recovery, and improving care for those with COVID-10.

The Biden Administration recently proposed a stopgap-spending bill of $30 billion to fund disaster aid and Afghan refugee resettlement as the 2021 fiscal year comes to a close on September 30th. The White House is pushing lawmakers to consider a continuing resolution to allow more time for Congress to pass a funding bill.

In a September 3, 2021 memo, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Kiran Ahuja announced the establishment of an Emergency Leave Transfer Program (ELTP) to help federal employees who were adversely affected by Hurricane Ida.

The Public Servant Protection Act is a bill designed to protect government workers, officials, and appointees from being targeted at their homes. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), along with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and five Republican colleagues, introduced the legislative proposal last week.