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• Defense Department employees now have a new communications tool to use. The Defense Information Systems Agency approved Zoom for Government at impact level four. That means it can be used for sensitive, but unclassified information. The highest level is five. The approval included all functions of Zoom for Government like the chat function, phone and breakout meetings.

• The Environmental Protection Agency adopted a hybrid workplace model in its office reentry plans set for May. The EPA and the American Federation of Government Employees agreed to an eight-week phased reentry into the office. But that agreement envisioned a hybrid work environment where employees still either worked remotely or routinely teleworked. The agreement stated that no AFGE bargaining unit employee would be required to physically return to the office prior to May second. Employees looking to apply for telework or remote work should submit their initial applications no later than 21 days prior to their expected reentry date. (Federal News Network)

• The U.S. Agency for International Development wants to expand its pulse surveys to include complementary workforce and some contractors. Seven thousand additional USAID employees would be able to give feedback on how to strengthen the workforce. The agency...

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