Employee engagement
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The Office of Personnel Management has delayed the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey twice so far this year, which has raised concerns from House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee Chairman Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)
August 12, 2020 -
Your agency has a lot to think about as it considers reopening federal offices during the pandemic. Employees will trust the good leaders to make the right decision, former executives said, but absent leaders will struggle to earn that trust quickly.
April 27, 2020 -
The Department of Homeland Security has launched an employee and family readiness council that senior leaders believe are addressing workforce engagement challenges.
January 14, 2020 -
Agencies will likely miss out on the symbiotic relationship between performance and engagement. Strategically, the better approach is to integrate these two critically important human capital processes by making performance management the centerpiece of the employee engagement strategy.
January 13, 2020 -
For much of the federal workforce in 2019, what employees thought they knew about their pay, benefits, workplace flexibilities and even the location of their offices in some cases, were in flux.
December 27, 2019 -
The Office of Personnel Management has called the Department of Health and Human Services a model agency in promoting and acting on the results of the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. Here's how HHS rose the ranks from a middling agency on the FEVS to a leader of the pack among organizations of its size.
December 03, 2019 -
Federal News Network took a closer look at employee perceptions of performance management techniques, the government shutdown and telework, among other topics in the 2019 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.
November 08, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Bureau of Land Management said it will offer both early-outs and buyouts to parts of its workforce.
November 08, 2019 -
Employee engagement held steady across the federal workforce at 68%, according to the newly released results of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.
November 07, 2019 -
As agencies begin to review the recent results of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, the Office of Personnel Management has a new toolkit to help supervisors better understand and digest the feedback.
October 22, 2019 -
Agencies are finding ways on their own to hire top talent, reskill existing employees and manage their workforces with more agility, a skill the Trump administration says is necessary absent some sweeping civil service modernization.
October 09, 2019 -
Agencies will develop specific workforce fund plans for the 2021 budget passback, which should detail how they'll reward employees who have in-demand skills or have made special contributions to their agencies.
July 15, 2019 -
According to an MSPB survey, more federal employees say they've witnessed or experienced prohibited personnel practices such as discrimination and whistelblower retaliation in recent years.
June 07, 2019 -
In a years-long quest to improve morale, the Secret Service has found recent investments in its workforce, and their employees' families, are starting to pay off.
June 04, 2019 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs said its decision to consolidate the best of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey with its own assessment is paying off.
May 20, 2019