employee morale

• Tracking feds’ morale, changes to General Schedule part of 2015 budget plan

  The Obama administration is calling on agencies to get smarter about tracking employee morale and engagement. The administration plans to roll out an "engagement dashboard" this year that agency supervisors can use to track the mood of their workforces. It's just one part of a planned overhaul of federal management called for in President Barack Obama's fiscal 2015 budget blueprint. Other initiatives include a revamp of the General Schedule personnel system, real-time performance reviews of management efforts and enhanced training for senior executives.

  Budget

  March 10, 2014
• OPM offers agencies helping hand in perking up employee morale

  Fueled by budget cuts and pay freezes, federal employee satisfaction and engagement across the government plunged last year, according to the Office of Personnel Management's annual Employee Viewpoint Survey. Now, OPM says it's here to help agencies turn around those sagging satisfaction scores.

  Management

  January 28, 2014
• IRS nominee Koskinen pledges to turn around employee morale, pushes for budget increase

  John Koskinen, President Barack Obama's pick to lead the embattled Internal Revenue Service, pledged to restore public trust in the agency following the recent uproar over revelations of purported political bias by IRS employees. Speaking before the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday morning, Koskinen also said he'd work to turn around the declining employee morale.

  Congress

  December 10, 2013
• EPA, HUD search for ways to keep mid-career feds

  Mid-career employees are a scarcity in government. While agencies are awash with employees at the early career stage and those with 20-plus years of federal service, there aren't enough in the middle stages, and that has federal managers worried. Agencies like EPA and HUD are taking matters into their own hands. Both are launching new efforts aimed at keeping mid-career feds from leaving government for the private sector.

  Management

  May 07, 2013
• Public v. private – who’s happier?

  Paul Rowson, Managing Director at World at Work, analyzes the Gallup poll results.

  All News

  July 01, 2011
• ‘Fog’ lifting over federal employees, officials say

  The morale of workers is on the rise after recent events highlighted the work the government does, officials say. Agencies also are taking specific steps to address employee challenges in their own agencies. DoT Secretary Ray LaHood said \"pot shots\" at employees is unacceptable.

  Budget

  May 04, 2011