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Mayorkas details DHS workforce gains, future plans

DHS improved in the 2023 Best Places to Work rankings. In a sit-down interview, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tells Federal News Network how it happened.

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Amid hiring issues, USCIS’ Jaddou aims to boost current workforce

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TSA looking beyond ‘honeymoon phase’ for frontline workforce

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3 promising pockets of success in Best Places to Work

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VA makes gains in engagement in Best Places to Work results

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Lessons from the best and not-so-best places to work

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2023 Best Places to Work marks a turning point in employee engagement

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Best Places to Work: How to read the results

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Best Places to Work top 10 list has a few new faces, and many familiar ones

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FILE - Colette Peters, director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, speaks after being sworn in at BOP headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation Wednesday, Sept. 28, to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny. The bill is being introduced a day before Peters is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Pay reduction at Bureau of Prisons facility: Another view

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3 agencies that improved their FEVS response rates this year — and how they did it

The higher the employee response rate for FEVS, the more accurate the picture that chief human capital officers get into what their workforce both wants…

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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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Facing low morale and expiring authorities, can DHS’s CWMD office turn a corner?

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The office has a short but turbulent history, and its employee engagement scores are among the worst in the entire federal government.