Best Places to Work in the Federal Government

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

VA was the only large agency to increase its employee satisfaction score in 2021, but VA senior leader Gina Grosso said workforce improvements don’t…

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Army unit finds: A better place to work starts with listening

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This image provided by NASA on Monday, July 11, 2022, shows galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope is designed to peer back so far that scientists can get a glimpse of the dawn of the universe about 13.7 billion years ago and zoom in on closer cosmic objects, even our own solar system, with sharper focus. (NASA/ESA/CSA via AP)

NASA gets the gold trophy again for Best Places to Work, but it hasn’t always been that way

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Federal workforce attrition rises back up to pre-pandemic levels

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(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Veteran Affairs building near the White House in Washington, Feb. 14, 2018. An internal watchdog's investigation has found that Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted Wimbledon tennis tickets and likely wrongly used taxpayer money to cover his wife's airfare for an 11-day European trip. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Veterans Affairs employee union helps torpedo a plan to even think about rearranging VA facilities.

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Employee engagement tumbles in Best Places to Work. What does that mean for federal recruitment?

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Best Places to Work results are down overall, but some agencies still shine through

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Return-to-office plans a major cause for decline in 2021 Best Places to Work results

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Nominee for DHS intel office pledges to take on longstanding morale issues

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Working through the pandemic — how great was that!

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Agencies score high marks from employees on handling of pandemic, but leadership issues persist

Results from this year’s Best Places to Work rankings show federal agencies receiving high marks in their handling of the pandemic, but leadership effectiveness…

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The secret to managing through shutdowns, relocations and retirements

Two small agencies have managed to hold their own on the Partnership for Public Service’s annual Best Places to Work rankings, even through government…

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At the Secret Service, improving engagement starts with employees, and extends to their families

In a years-long quest to improve morale, the Secret Service has found recent investments in its workforce, and their employees’ families, are starting to pay off.

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