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House appropriators pan DHS plans for ‘chief employee experience officer’

DHS budget document say the new “CEXO” would help the department consolidate its employee engagement goals, as well as recruit and retain top talent.

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3 promising pockets of success in 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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Importance of meeting customer needs, agency mission earn high scores in 2023 FEVS

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Agency chief human capital officers convene for 2023 fall forum in September. Image credit: Office of Personnel Management.

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

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Federal employee engagement, job satisfaction tick upward in 2023 FEVS survey

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From burnout, unhappiness to thriving, attractive, how HHS’ CFO’s office turned the tide

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Real-time feedback is central to FDA’s upcoming goals for customer experience

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

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How a few agency leaders are defining, measuring ‘meaningful’ in-person work

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‘Start with encouraging employees to speak up’: Lessons from a steady agency in Best Places to Work

For Best Places to Work, the Energy Department moved from 14th place in the 2021 rankings up to eighth place this year for midsize agencies. The agency’s…

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FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. Conservative politicians and candidates are distorting how a major economic bill passed over the weekend by the Senate would reform the IRS and affect taxes for the middle class. The Inflation Reduction Act, which awaits a House vote after passing in the Senate on Sunday, would increase the ranks of the IRS — but it wouldn’t create a mob of armed auditors looking to harass middle class taxpayers, as some Republicans are claiming. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

The IRS may want to revisit the idea of a suggestion box for employees

In today’s Federal Newscast, an IRS watchdog says agency employees don’t have a proper channel to offer their feedback.

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FILE - In this Thursday, March 3, 2016, file photo, a job candidate's resume sits on a table as he interviews for a job during a recruiting event at the Georgia Department of Labor office in Atlanta. One state and at least two cities have passed laws that bar employers from asking applicants about their salary history. Several states have proposed similar legislation in 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

For a hybrid workforce, federal HR leaders look to improve hiring, retention

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Human capital leaders at the Agriculture Department and the National Science Foundation are implementing new tools in an effort to improve both the recruitment process and employee retention.