Employee engagement

This Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, W.Va., is seen on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced at a news conference Tuesday, that Reta Mays, 46, of Harrison County, W.Va., a former nursing assistant at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Clarksburg, W.Va., pled guilty to murder and assault in the deaths of eighth veterans under her care in federal court in Clarksburg, W.Va., Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

After favorable Best Places to Work results, VA pushes further workforce improvements

VA was the only large agency to increase its employee satisfaction score in 2021, but VA senior leader Gina Grosso said workforce improvements don’t…

Veterans Affairs

Voice of America acting director gets Sammies nod for turning around employee engagement

People

This image provided by NASA on Monday, July 11, 2022, shows galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope is designed to peer back so far that scientists can get a glimpse of the dawn of the universe about 13.7 billion years ago and zoom in on closer cosmic objects, even our own solar system, with sharper focus. (NASA/ESA/CSA via AP)

NASA gets the gold trophy again for Best Places to Work, but it hasn’t always been that way

Federal Report

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Federal workforce attrition rises back up to pre-pandemic levels

Workforce

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When people come together, the best ideas come, or do they?

Hiring/Retention

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Agency leaders trying to get along better with federal employee unions

Federal Newscast

GSA

HUD leaders aim to improve engagement by responding to employee feedback

Workforce

Results out for third round of pulse surveys, what should agencies do with the data?

Workforce

FILE - A young man stands in front of a shelve with hard liquor at a beverage market in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, June 15, 2007. The German government's drugs czar has proposed raising the age when people can buy beer and win from 16 to 18, and cracking down on alcohol and tobacco advertising. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Vets suing Army for not recognizing substance abuse disorders in discharges

Federal Newscast

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Is federal employee burnout a thing?

Federal Report

An open letter to OPM and federal HR leaders

Commentary

TSA’s biggest challenge in two decades? Securing better pay for frontline workers, leaders say

Both Democrats and Republicans say they believe frontline officers at the Transportation Security Administration are underpaid. The House Homeland Security…

Workforce

Secret Service agents are getting tapped out by the workload

In today’s Federal Newscast, a review by the National Academy of Public Administration says Secret Service employees are doing more than ever with less.

Federal Newscast

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

NIH team creating new data tool that tracks federal employee perceptions and demographics

Workforce

A team at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is creating a new tool that will overlay demographic data with results from the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, giving agencies another view into the varied perceptions and experiences of the workforce.