06/16/2021
https://congress.gov...
"expecting applicants to have a preexisting policy is nonsensical because the hazard pay was itself an emergency response to COVID."
"the justification was adequately documented. It was COVID-19."
"But you recognize that hazard pay could be a critical tool for sustaining and retaining a work force that is in danger of burning out and turning over in a global pandemic?"
"In the wake of SolarWinds, President Biden issued Executive Order 14028 requiring all agencies to either implement multi-factor authentication by November or provide a reason for failing to do so."