About one quarter of 2022 FEVS respondents said they'd consider leaving their position based on their agency's current telework or remote work options.
OPM is prioritizing early-career recruitment, as the federal government trails the private sector in its percentage of millennial and Generation Z employees in the workforce.
About 64% of FNN survey respondents said they were satisfied with their current work situation, but at the same time, the requirement of working in the office at least once a week was a pain point for some.
The results of the 2022 FEVS showed a governmentwide employee engagement score of 71%, the same score as last year's survey, but a 1% drop compared with the 2020 FEVS.
Biden’s nominee for OPM deputy director, Rob Shriver, would be the first position-holder since January 2021, if the Senate confirms him.
SSA will restore previous levels of official time for union activities, but AFGE said more must be done to address staffing issues.
Agencies are thinking about ways to boost employee engagement in a hybrid workforce, with more interactions and shorter learning sessions.
Resilience, innovation and employee engagement are priorities for OPM Director Kiran Ahuja to position the federal workforce as a model employer.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee passes federal telework legislation that would call on OPM to offer more guidance and require agencies to report telework goals.
In today's Federal Newscast, Democratic House lawmakers want to expand federal employee telework for the long-haul.
As the Social Security Administration works through ongoing recruitment and retention challenges, agency employees prepare to start in-person services on April 7.
New fiscal year data shows 2020 had the highest rates of telework participation and eligibility in nearly a decade, due mostly to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mass telework occurred overnight. But policies for post-pandemic telework could take months longer.