Best Places to Work
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Congress is once again examining the results of the latest Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. Lawmakers said they're encouraged by the progress the Homeland Security Department has made, despite its continued last-place ranking.
April 06, 2017 -
Most federal employees consistently say their agency's mission motivates them to come to work everyday. Now, some agencies say a mission-focused approach to employee engagement is giving them better insight into workforce challenges, and it's starting to pay off in the Best Places to Work rankings.
February 22, 2017 -
The Partnership for Public Service's Best Places to Work rankings showed vast disparities between agencies with the highest and lowest employee engagement in 2016. The Partnership compared 69 agencies and subcomponents into five mission areas for the second time.
February 21, 2017 -
Presidential transitions can be perilous, but they can also be opportunities to better engage the workforce and get things done. Margot Conrad, director of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, which last week came out with its annual rankings of the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government, offers her take on the transition on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 21, 2016 -
Leadership is a key driver of employee engagement for agencies like the Agriculture Department, which rose from 16th to ninth in the Best Places to Work rankings in 2016. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said his agency has been hard at work for the past seven years, after a call from the White House prompted his leadership team to develop an engagement plan.
December 15, 2016 -
The wait is over. We can now reveal this year's best and worst places to work in the federal government. No sea change, but a few surprises. Mallory Barg Bulman, research director at the Partnership for Public Service, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the latest.
December 15, 2016 -
The 2016 Best Places to Work rankings are out from the Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte. Familiar faces appear at the top of the rankings, but some large agencies, like the Agriculture Department, Securities and Exchange Commission and National Endowment for the Arts saw large improvements this year.
December 15, 2016 -
When it comes to presidential transition plans at federal agencies, career federal employees say their managers aren't doing enough to keep them in the loop.
August 10, 2016 -
Each year, Deloitte and the Partnership for Public Service rank federal agencies in their Best Places to Work listings. To find new insights, the authors are taking a closer look at agencies with similar missions. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin, David Dye, director of Deloitte's Federal Human Capital Services. tells Federal News Radio's Eric White some of the differences between federal law enforcement agencies at the top and bottom of the rankings.
May 23, 2016 -
Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations took the Homeland Security Department to task for six straight years of declining employee engagement scores on the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. DHS is ranked as the worst agency to work for in government.
April 27, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management analyzed data from the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey and found specific ways for agencies to improve employee satisfaction.
December 09, 2015 -
Nani Coloretti, the HUD deputy secretary, said the 8 point increase in the 10th annual Best Places to Work rankings can be traced to listening to employees and communicating changes.
December 09, 2015 -
Even the smallest opinion counts at the agencies with the most satisfied employees, according to the results of the 2015 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government.
December 08, 2015 -
They're out. The annual rankings of best places to work among federal agencies. Overall, things are looking up compared to last year. NASA is still the top-rated agency. But some at the lower end came up in the rankings, as did overall employee satisfaction. The survey is by the Office of Personnel Management, the Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte put together the rankings. For the 2015 results, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to Mallory Barg Bulman, research director at the Partnership.
December 08, 2015 -
For the first time in four years, federal employee satisfaction and commitment improved among the workforce, according to the Partnership for Public Service's 2015 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government.
December 08, 2015