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COVID-19Fifth Circuit Rules in Favor of States, Finds Biden’s COVID-19 Contractor Order Goes Too Far
In a majority opinion, a panel of judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found President Biden overstepped his authority by using the Procurement Act to […]
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COVID-19Court Won’t Intervene to Help Los Alamos COVID Objectors in Arbitration at Lab
People placed on leave from the Los Alamos National Laboratory for refusing a COVID-19 vaccinations will get no help from the courts in ongoing arbitration proceedings with the lab, a […]
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Justice Department Looks to Start Enforcing COVID Vaccination Mandate for Feds; Hanford Guards Seek Permanent Vax Exemption
After the government won a key legal battle last week, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should allow it to begin enforcing […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE, Other Feds Embrace Pandemic Telecommuting, With Limits
A recent Government Accountability Office report confirms what most observers already assumed — the COVID-19 pandemic prompted much of the federal workforce at the Department of Energy and elsewhere to […]
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COVID-19Federal Judge Who Blocked Contractor Vax Order Ignores ‘What If’ Scenario
A U.S. district judge in Georgia, who last month blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate aimed at government contractors, declined Friday to wade into issues surrounding […]
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U.S. Judge in Texas Rules Against Vax Mandate for Federal Employees
On Friday, a federal court in Texas temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s requirement that federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. In the decision, U.S. District Judge […]
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COVID-19Telework Still Widely Utilized at Some Civilian Nuclear Weapon Sites
After the omicron variant of COVID-19 delayed plans to return many workers to their offices, telework remained allowable and well-utilized for eligible employees across the civilian nuclear weapons complex last […]
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COVID-19Nuclear Weapons Engineering Lab Temporarily Drops Vax Mandate
The Sandia National Laboratories have temporarily dropped a requirement that all employees be vaccinated against COVID-19, leaving only a pair of National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)-owned sites that require vaccination. […]
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COVID-19Livermore Lab Suspends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate, Joining Majority of NNSA Sites That Disclose Their Policies
Nuclear weapons design lab Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the design agency for programs to modernize warheads for next-generation cruise missiles and intercontinental ballistic missiles, paused enforcement of its COVID-19 […]
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COVID-19Nationwide Contractor Mandate Does Not Apply to DoE Nuke Site Operator, Company Says
A nationwide injunction against contractor vaccine mandates should not apply to the management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, the Fluor [FLR]-led team said in […]