Most senior leaders at TSA are white and male, despite the agency having one of the most diverse workforces in government.
The third round of governmentwide pulse surveys gives senior leaders tools to listen “much more” to their employees.
The Senior Executives Association hired Gregory Brooks to fill a new executive director role after the association's president for the past two years Bob Corsi steps down.
To underscore his commitment to the federal workforce and take a step to mitigate low trust in government, President Joe Biden publicly recognized recipients of the 2021 Presidential Rank Awards, ending a nearly 20-year hiatus.
GSA FAS Commissioner Sonny Hashmi outlined five personnel moves as part of his approach to improving customer experience.
Federal employees, and federal employees only, have a new place to go for information on leadership development and career advancement. A whole series of seminars now lives on a special section of MAX.gov.
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 Coast Guard, as the new deputy assistant commandant for intelligence. Jeffrey Radgowski joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss his new role.
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.
Shalanda Young, the nominee to be the director of OMB, told Senate lawmakers that agencies are on track to bring employees back to the office by March.
The president picked 230 members of the Senior Executive Service from across 37 agencies as winners of the 2021 Presidential Rank Awards.
The Federal Drive with Tom Temin got one view from the President and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration Terry Gerton.
The State Department, as part of an agency-wide modernization effort, is focused on using its vast inventory to further its diplomatic mission.
In an analysis of 15 years of Best Places to Work agency scores, researchers from the Partnership for Public Service and Boston Consulting Group made what they called a business case for strong employee engagement.
The Office of Personnel Management is developing an assessment tool for agencies, designed to help them evaluate the current state of their diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility efforts. Those reviews are a key part of the Biden administration's recent diversity and inclusion executive order.
The Biden administration's recent diversity and inclusion executive order directed agencies to reduce their reliance on unpaid internships. But former executives and advocates say government has a long way to go before the federal internship program is a true pipeline for diverse talent.