Economic Research Service

More guardrails needed for any potential agency relocations, federal advocates say

A rulemaking petition calls on OPM to establish a clear, standardized process anytime federal officials may be considering agency relocations.

Workforce

After USDA Antideficiency Act violation, lawmakers push bill for more relocation oversight

Workforce

Those Agriculture Department agency relocations continue to throw off lessons learned

Workforce

Under this proposed law, federal agencies could not just skip town

Agency Oversight

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

Hiring/Retention

Exclusive

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

Hiring/Retention

(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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

Workforce

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

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?

No federal employee wants to leave D.C. None want to move here, either.

Tom Temin Commentary

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

The Agriculture Department said short-term contractors, employees on detail from other agencies and reemployed annuitants are all part of its strategy…

Workforce

Senator concerned USDA move is starting to affect research operations

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) says the USDA relocation is delaying implementation of the Farm Bill.