National Institute of Food and Agriculture

USDA has recovered from attrition, but new research staff is less diverse, less experienced

The Agriculture Department has restored staffing levels after attrition following 2019 research facility relocations, but the new workforce has overall…

Hiring/Retention

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USDA has added over 5,000 employees following staff attrition and low morale

Hiring/Retention

USDA’s new answer to cutting food waste by 50%: Jelly ice

Technology

(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Top Biden administration officials promise to rebuild, set new tone with federal workforce

Workforce

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Data Dive

After the relocation gutted their workforces, USDA research agencies struggle to rebuild

Workforce

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USDA provided walnuts and rolled oats await distribution at the Deerfield Valley Food Pantry in Wilmington, Vt. Monday, Sept. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Jason R. Henske)

USDA sets 5-year research agenda

Workforce

Shutdowns, relocations and mergers defined a whirlwind 2019 for the federal workforce

Workforce

How not to move an agency

Tom Temin Commentary

Agencies facing reorganization, relocation suffer major drops on Best Places to Work rankings

Workforce

FILE- In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo doors at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building are locked and covered with blinds as a sign posted advises that the office will be closed during the partial government shutdown in Seattle. Disruptions from last month’s partial government shutdown caused a “shocking” deterioration in the IRS’ telephone help for taxpayers in the first week of the filing season, the agency’s watchdog said in a report released Tuesday, Feb. 12. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

What federal union members are saying about a potential government shutdown

Federal Newscast

Plans to relocate some 550 USDA employees fall vastly short of initial expectations

Workforce

Senator concerned USDA move is starting to affect research operations

In today’s Federal Newscast, Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) says the USDA relocation is delaying implementation of…

Federal Newscast

Norton, Wexton seek justification for BLM relocation move

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton are trying to block the Bureau of Land Management relocation with new legislation….

Federal Newscast

USDA asking employees who had previously declined relocation to work longer in Washington

Workforce

Faced with widening workforce gaps, the Agriculture Department is asking some of the employees impacted by the USDA relocation to Kansas City to continue working longer in Washington, D.C. until a later date.