The Defense Information Systems Agency is reimagining its approach to provide cloud and data center services.She will replace Army General Stephen Lyons. Van Ovost also helped with the humanitarian evacuation in Afghanistan. She previously led Air Mobility Command where she oversaw more than 100,000 military and civilian personnel. Van Ovost is the first woman to head TRANSCOM. The Senate confirmed Air Force General Jacqueline Van Ovost as the head of U.S.DoD is using the new acquisition pathway for 69 separate weapons systems, valued at more than $30 billion. The DoD inspector general said the 11 MTA programs it examined used the new structure appropriately and embraced a culture change. The вЂњmiddle tierвЂќ of acquisition lets officials use a streamlined process, as long as they can deliver a prototype or fielded weapons system within five years. A new audit gives the military services high marks for how theyвЂ™ve used a new procurement method Congress authorized in 2016.William Sherman, who routed Confederates in the Civil War. Roy Benavidez, who received the Medal of Honor for his efforts in Vietnam, and Gen. The commission received more than 27,000 submissions. The Naming Commission asked for public opinion on what the bases should be called and the public delivered. In the wake of the death of George Floyd, Congress created a panel to consider changing military base names that honored Confederate officials. A commission in charge of renaming military bases is getting a lot of feedback.The changes stem from a 2020 internal review of VAвЂ™s clinical, administrative and financial operations inside the community care program. It will also consolidate two VA community care offices. The department will first reorganize the community care programвЂ™s financial functions within the Veterans Health AdministrationвЂ™s larger finance offices. Most of the changes will occur within VA internally. The Department of Veterans Affairs is making a few changes to help veterans better coordinate their care at the agency and in the private sector.The administration recently clarified, employees who already had COVID-19 must get the vaccine too. Agencies will consider the nature of an employeeвЂ™s job and other factors when considering possible exemptions to the vaccine mandate. But a religious or medical claim alone may not grant an employee a reasonable accommodation.

The Biden administration said agencies will consider sincere religious beliefs, not political opinions, as possible reasons for not complying with the vaccine mandate.

Federal employees get more details on requesting a medical or religious exception to the vaccine mandate.

The IG said that while the office improved claim processing over the following seven months, it found 46% of COVID claims remained open as of March. At the same time, OWC received more than 2,800 claims, including 48 death claims, due to COVID-19 between March and August 2020. A new Labor Department inspector general report found the Office of WorkerвЂ™s Compensation saw their ability to process claims in a timely manner drop by 15% during the first five months of the pandemic.

Federal employeesвЂ™ and Postal Service workersвЂ™ compensation claims are taking longer to process because of the pandemic.

A noted geneticist and human genome mapper, Collins is also a folk singer, motorcyclist and the longest-serving NIH director yet.

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009, heвЂ™s overseen the NIH response to the Ebola virus abroad and COVID-19 pandemic here in the U.S. Francis Collins said heвЂ™ll leave his post as director of the National Institutes of Health by the end of the year. Now one of the top federal docs is about to call it a day. HeвЂ™s helped steer the nationвЂ™s response to two global outbreaks.The best listening experience on desktop can be found using Chrome, Firefox or Safari. To listen to the Federal Newscast on your phone or mobile device, subscribe in PodcastOneВ or Apple Podcasts.

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