
As soon as Congress approved it, the Secretary of Energy cleared agency contractors to continue billing the government for paid time off given to workers who cannot do their jobs because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Secretary Dan Brouillette signed the order Oct. 1, allowing all DoE contractors to continue billing for such costs through Dec. 11 under section 3610 of the CARES act — the COVID-19 bailout bill passed in late March. The stopgap budget President Trump signed into…