FCW Insider: November 2, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Details on discipline emerge as contractor vaccination deadline looms
Federal contracting firms will decide for themselves on how to manage employees who decline COVID-19 vaccinations but agencies can restrict unvaccinated workers from federal facilities.
Senate Republicans seek IG probe of TSA pipeline directives
Republican leaders on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are calling for an inspector general probe into how the Transportation Security Administration developed its first ever pipeline-specific security directives.
Dealing with negative information about your organization in the social media age
Steve Kelman spotlights recent research on when and how to respond to social disapproval.
Nominations for the 2022 Fed 100 are now being accepted
The deadline for submissions is Dec. 24.
Quick Hits
*** The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will host an "election situational awareness room" on Nov. 2 to bring together feds, state and local officials, political groups and others to monitor potential threats to elections being held in more than 30 states. According to a CISA statement, "there is no specific, credible threat to election infrastructure" on Election Day.
*** The U.S. Digital Corps, a program designed to recruit early-career technologists into government services, begins accepting applications on Nov. 8.