SES

For USDA, advancing DEIA means making long-term, internal changes

After considering feedback from employees, stakeholders and others, USDA released its final strategic plan to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and…

Workforce

This Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, W.Va., is seen on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced at a news conference Tuesday, that Reta Mays, 46, of Harrison County, W.Va., a former nursing assistant at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Clarksburg, W.Va., pled guilty to murder and assault in the deaths of eighth veterans under her care in federal court in Clarksburg, W.Va., Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

After favorable Best Places to Work results, VA pushes further workforce improvements

Veterans Affairs

Amelia Brust, Federal News Network

telework, work from home, home office, federal employees

Exclusive

There’s a connection between remote work and DEIA, OPM’s Harris says

Workforce

FILE - People walk outside the U.S Capitol building in Washington, June 9, 2022. The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in the Medicare program. A new corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share. And billions leftover to pay down federal deficits. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Five federal workforce items on Congress’ to-do list

Congress

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate Democrats support Biden’s 4.6% federal pay raise proposal

Pay

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The federal pay gap is shrinking, but advocacy groups are calling for more

Pay

TSA hiring DEI chief to help tackle lack of diversity among senior ranks

Hiring/Retention

Results out for third round of pulse surveys, what should agencies do with the data?

Workforce

Senior Executives Association’s outgoing president describes org’s changes

SES

Biden ends nearly 20-year drought by publicly recognizing 2021 Presidential Rank Awards recipients

Workforce

First Look

GSA shuffles senior leaders’ chairs in Federal Acquisition Service

Acquisition

federal employee, work, stress, health, retirement

A new resource for federal career advancement, available only to feds

Federal employees, and federal employees only, have a new place to go for information on leadership development and career advancement. A whole series…

Workforce

A long time Coastie is now the top civilian in Coast Guard intelligence

After spending 30 years in a Coast Guard uniform, this guest has donned a business suit and joined the senior executive service. But he’s still with the…

SES

EPA acquisitions leader receives Presidential Rank Award

Acquisition

When it comes to acquisition, Kimberly Patrick has done it all. She used lean management to reduce backlogs and speed up procurements, brought senior agency management into acquisition planning, found innovative ways to meet small business goals. She’s the director of Office of Acquisition Solutions, Office of Mission Support at the EPA, and the recent recipient of a Presidential Rank Award.