Jeri Buchholz

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

After NASA shut down its 30-year shuttle program, the agency started to make “small, but not easy,” changes to boost workforce satisfaction.

Federal Report

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How will your agency fare in the ‘Best Places to Work’ rankings?

Federal Report

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

Workforce

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Time to breathe new life into government-industry exchange programs

Federal Report

Keys to building a future-proof workforce: flexibility and automation

Federal Insights

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Exclusive

Interior senior executives left in the dark amid reorg, reassignments

SES

OPM, OMB attempt to make Hiring Excellence stick with new guidance

Hiring/Retention

Jeri Buchholz: Executive order may not address real problems in SES

Federal Drive

SES Executive Order a nice first step, but it doesn’t address real reforms

Commentary

The west front of the U.S. Capitol is seen under repair Sept. 2, 2015 in Washington. Congress returns on Sept. 8 with a critical need for a characteristic that has been rare through a contentious spring and summer _ cooperation between Republicans and President Barack Obama. Lawmakers face a weighty list of unfinished business and looming deadlines, with a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open on Oct. 1 paramount. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

7 questions the Senate should ask OPM pick Beth Cobert

Workforce

Jeri Buchholz: Loneliness of the teleworking employee

Federal Drive

No matter where you’re going, don’t forget your paperwork

If Buzz Aldrin can file his expense report with NASA a week after coming back from the moon, the rest of us have no excuse to put off our paperwork, says…

Federal News Countdown: Pope Francis goes to Washington, Matt Damon visits Mars

Kathryn Medina, chief talent officer at APCO Worldwide and former executive director of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, and Jeri Buchholz, strategic…

Now is the time to act like mission control

Commentary

Jeri Buchholz, former NASA CHCO and now strategic business development adviser for FMP Consulting, advises federal managers to begin preparing for a government shutdown by communicating more openly and often with their workforce.