Agriculture Department
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Every five years, the Agriculture Department releases a census to gauge U.S. farms and ranches, as well as the people who operate them. The questionnaire is issued and catalogued by USDA's National Agriculture Statistics Service.
January 06, 2023 -
In doing economic analyses leading to changes in federal benefits, agencies are obligated to do them a certain way. During the pandemic, the Agriculture Department redid an index resulting in a big boost in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Government Accountability Office finds, USDA didn't quite proceed properly.
January 04, 2023 -
The Chief Human Capital Officers Council hopes to duplicate and scale up successful pilots for federal hiring reform, including the use of shared certificates and skills-based hiring practices.
December 15, 2022 -
Although low pay is the most common barrier to retaining federal wildland firefighters, the Government Accountability Office said other factors like poor-work life balance and career advancement challenges also impact the workforce.
November 21, 2022 -
President Joe Biden picked 233 federal employees across 33 agencies as winners of the 2022 Presidential Rank Awards.
November 15, 2022 -
The National Finance Center just implemented a multifactor authentication system for agencies to access employee payroll data, and more cybersecurity updates are still ahead.
November 09, 2022 -
As USDA continues to rebuild its workforce following major staff attrition in 2019, agency leaders are simultaneously focused on broader goals to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
October 25, 2022 -
Hundreds of employees join Feds Feed Families event aiming to end hunger, encourage healthy behaviorDuring the Feds Feed Families campaign this year, federal employees so far donated more than 7 million pounds of food, and counting.
October 03, 2022 -
After considering feedback from employees, stakeholders and others, USDA released its final strategic plan to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
September 26, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: USDA sprinkles some fertilizer on its growing efforts at diversity. An immigrant woman of color, who once ran DARPA and NIST, takes over the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. And DoD thinks of new ways to help soldiers fight inflation.
September 23, 2022 -
The Agriculture Department's chief human capital officer shares her thoughts on how to keep employee satisfaction high.
September 21, 2022 -
The Interior Department has a new chief information officer in Darren Ash, who inherits a $1.6 billion IT budget and comes over from the Agriculture Department.
September 12, 2022 -
USDA and NOAA are among the agencies that are taking advantage of the continuity of service agreements, giving them an extra year to complete their transition to the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract.
September 02, 2022 -
An investment from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is paving the way for a new type of ice cube to revolutionize how industries and individuals keep food cold and curb food waste.
August 18, 2022 -
Programs at HHS, USDA and the Education Department remained fairly steady during continuing resolutions, GAO found.
August 09, 2022