Economic Research Service

USDA has recovered from attrition, but new research staff is less diverse, less experienced

The Agriculture Department has restored staffing levels after attrition following 2019 research facility relocations, but the new workforce has overall…

Hiring/Retention

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USDA has added over 5,000 employees following staff attrition and low morale

Hiring/Retention

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Top Biden administration officials promise to rebuild, set new tone with federal workforce

Workforce

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Data Dive

After the relocation gutted their workforces, USDA research agencies struggle to rebuild

Workforce

Shutdowns, relocations and mergers defined a whirlwind 2019 for the federal workforce

Workforce

Agencies facing reorganization, relocation suffer major drops on Best Places to Work rankings

Workforce

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

FILE- In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo doors at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building are locked and covered with blinds as a sign posted advises that the office will be closed during the partial government shutdown in Seattle. Disruptions from last month’s partial government shutdown caused a “shocking” deterioration in the IRS’ telephone help for taxpayers in the first week of the filing season, the agency’s watchdog said in a report released Tuesday, Feb. 12. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

What federal union members are saying about a potential government shutdown

Federal Newscast

FILE - In a Monday, April 5, 2004 file photo, riders wait to board an arriving train at the D.C. Metro Center, in Washington. Metro’s largest union has overwhelmingly authorized a potential transit system strike, just as thousands of tourists arrive in the nation’s capital for the July 17, 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Union leaders said they would wait on Monday’s expected response from Metro’s management after Sunday’s vote authorizing a strike. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)

Feds: What’s so great about D.C. in the first place?

Tom Temin Commentary

Plans to relocate some 550 USDA employees fall vastly short of initial expectations

Workforce

Senator concerned USDA move is starting to affect research operations

Federal Newscast

Norton, Wexton seek justification for BLM relocation move

Federal Newscast

USDA asking employees who had previously declined relocation to work longer in Washington

Faced with widening workforce gaps, the Agriculture Department is asking some of the employees impacted by the USDA relocation to Kansas City to continue…

Workforce

Draining the swamp: Is there a plumber in the house?

Shouldn’t the feds responsible for programs impacting crops, cattle and minerals be closer to the taxpayers who produce, manage and depend on them?

Federal Report

USDA considers rehiring retirees to fill relocation-related workforce gaps

Workforce

The two bureaus impacted by the Agriculture Department’s upcoming relocation to Kansas City are asking retirees to consider returning to their former agencies as part-time reemployed annuitants of the Economic Research Service or the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.