Biden requires feds to attest to vaccination status or face restrictions – By Jessie Bur (The Federal Times) / July 29 2021
Federal employees and on-site contractors will have to confirm their vaccination status with their agencies, as part of President Joe Biden’s new actions announced July 29 to cut the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.
“Anyone who does not attest or is not vaccinated will be required to mask no matter where they work, test one or two times a week to see if they’ve acquired COVID, socially distance and generally will not be allowed to travel for work,” Biden said.
This directive comes just days after Biden acknowledged that his administration was considering a vaccine mandate for feds.
The order falls short of directly requiring feds to get the vaccine, though as Biden said, “the Justice Department has made it clear that it is legal for employers to require vaccines.”
