Agencies’ return-to-office plans and a jump in hybrid workers play a role in the decrease for federal employees’ engagement and satisfaction scores in the 2021 FEVS.
Everyone feels overwhelmed or disconnected from time to time. Burnout happens when these feelings don't abate.
The Biden administration's management agenda, which the White House built out with a lot of detail last week, focuses on just three things.
If the government wants to be a competitive employer in the 21st century, leaders must stop ignoring the importance of human connection and relationships at work.
Discussion about the federal workforce rarely go three minutes, before someone laments the need to get young people into government. Yet three quarters of the federal workforce is over 40, a much higher percentage than in the private sector. So it may be no surprise that age discrimination complaints in government are more common than in the private sector.
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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.
Managing director for Accenture Federal's human capital practice, Kristen Vaughan, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with some ideas.
More than 97% of employees at the Farm Credit Administration gave the agency high marks for its COVID-19 responses over the last year, the most of any large, medium or small federal organization.
The Department of Homeland Security will launch a new onboarding program for DHS employees and their families, part of an ongoing effort to improve employee engagement.
Results from this year's Best Places to Work rankings show federal agencies receiving high marks in their handling of the pandemic, but leadership effectiveness scores still showed much room for improvement.
The holiday's precise origins are disputed, but its unifying idea can get buried by car sales and cookouts.
Agencies are lifting mask requirements, and some in Congress are calling for federal employees to return to their offices soon. How agencies handle it all could sway those nearing retirement.
The Marine Mammal Commission might be the smallest with 12 people, and besides filling out surveys, what else do they do there?
The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey answers a lot of questions, but also leaves many unanswered.