Feds Feed Families 2020
As this year’s DHS Feds Feed Families Campaign Chair, I am pleased to announce that the 2020 Feds Feed Families Food Drive is underway now through July 31.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
As this year’s DHS Feds Feed Families Campaign Chair, I am pleased to announce that the 2020 Feds Feed Families Food Drive is underway now through July 31.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many employees have had to make alternative arrangements for child care, summer camps, and adult care. If you signed up for a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA) during open season, you may be facing a change in care expenses due to your work schedule or a caregiver’s availability.
FOIA records related to the Department's efforts to respond to and assist in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
DHS S&T is proud to co-sponsor the CIVIC, which will provide communities new tools for adapting to changing environments and enhancing preparedness and resilience to wide-ranging disasters, including hurricanes, floods and wildfires along with pandemics
Juggling your family’s work, life, and health needs can be stressful during this COVID-19 emergency. School closures and lack of child care present special challenges for parents, but there are some steps that you can take to help manage this temporary new normal.
As some parts of the Department have been utilizing full-time or expanded telework, you as supervisors and managers may face new challenges fostering a sense of teamwork in your virtual teams.
Like so many of you, I spent this past weekend celebrating Memorial Day in a very different manner from years past. Picnics, family gatherings, and visits to the monuments in Washington, DC were replaced with walks through the woods and by the river.
To address the threat to the nation posed by the novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), the President issued Proclamations 9984, 9992, 9993, and 9996, suspending the entry of all noncitizens who were physically present within the People’s Republic of China (excluding the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau), the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States. Each of the above proclamations includes an exception for “any noncitizen whose entry would be in the national interest, as determined by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or their designees.”
These documents announce the decision of the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to continue to temporarily limit the travel of individuals from Canada and Mexico into the United States at land ports of entry along the United States-Canada and United States-Mexico border. Such travel will be limited to “essential travel,” as further defined in these documents.
Those who serve as financial caregivers for older adults or people with disabilities have unique worries and challenges due to the COVID-19 crisis. During times like these, financial exploitation of the elderly and disabled may be even more common than usual.