Best Places to Work in the Federal Government

Government shutdown averted, but federal employees still wary as Congress shifts deadline to holiday season

Federal employees see the extended shutdown deadline as a chance to set aside emergency funds, in case lawmakers can’t reach another 11th-hour deal just…

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(Getty Images/iStockphoto/MivPiv)Troops in formation.

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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VA needs funds after staffing shortages

AFGE, which represents around 283,000 VA employees, said 70% of respondents reported needing more administrative and support staff, and 64% said there…

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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.

AFGE helped shoot down a plan for an independent review board to look at VA’s proposals for rearranging its nationwide map of facilities. First Executive…

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

On average, federal agencies lag behind the private sector on employee engagement. But there may be more to the story.

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