WASHINGTON—The race to vaccinate defense workers is now at a standstill, after a US district court judge blocked the implementation of the vaccine mandate for federal contractors last week.
The Defense Department issued a Dec. 9 memo instructing its contracting officers to stop enforcing President Joe Biden’s Sept. 9 executive order, which required workers for federal contractors to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by Jan. 18. The memo was first reported . . . [Read the rest of this story on Breaking Defense].