Employee engagement

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

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

Workforce

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Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director, appears before a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Workforce changes may still lie ahead for federal employees in 2023

Workforce

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FEVS scores were a meh. Here’s how to raise them

Tom Temin Commentary

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Biden administration outlines how agencies can measure progress toward PMA goals

Management

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Federal employee engagement stabilizes in 2022 FEVS

Workforce

Interior Department focusing on future of work, employee engagement, hiring

Workforce

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

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

Federal workforce attrition rises back up to pre-pandemic levels

Workforce

telework, work from home, home office, federal employees

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

Hiring/Retention

The Office of Personnel Management headquarters in Washington, D.C. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Agency leaders trying to get along better with federal employee unions

In today’s Federal Newscast, some agency leaders are taking a closer look at improving cooperation with unions.

Federal Newscast

HUD leaders aim to improve engagement by responding to employee feedback

The Department of Housing and Urban Development works with affinity groups and holds listening sessions to develop leadership and improve employee engagement.

Workforce

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

Workforce

The third round of governmentwide pulse surveys gives senior leaders tools to listen “much more” to their employees.