In an analysis of 15 years of Best Places to Work agency scores, researchers from the Partnership for Public Service and Boston Consulting Group made what they called a business case for strong employee engagement.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it easy to forget that pandemics happen a lot more often than every 100 years. A case in point is the terrifying Ebola outbreak in 2014.
Everyone wants to save the whales, but Jay Barlow at the National Marine Fisheries Service has actually done it. For his work, he is a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals.
How can the Department of Homeland Security possibly vet 40,000 people coming to the United States every day to spot the possible security threats?
One of the difficulties of controlling illegal opioids is that it comes mixed in with other substances. Sometimes detecting it can take hours of chemical analysis.
Mary Gibert is GSA's federal transition coordinator and associate administrator for the Office of Civil Rights.
In the first post-pandemic best places to workings, feds give agencies high marks for handling the crisis.
Prisons and detention facilities, in general, had some of the toughest challenges getting through the pandemic.
It took a lot of collaboration between the pharmaceutical industry and the government to get COVID-19 vaccines developed and proven safe.
Scores are published by the Partnership for Public Service, whose Vice President of Federal Workforce Programs, Michelle Amante, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
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.
Agencies have done their fair share of hiring during the pandemic, but the size of the federal workforce hasn't budged much in recent years.
Rumor mongering on the internet is a constant threat, but last year rumors threatened to muck up the 2020 decennial census count. This Sammies finalist built partnerships to stop that from happening.
One good thing about the last year's seemingly endless crisis is the opportunity to render outstanding public service.
A COVID-19 Response medal has been added for this year's awards to recognize the efforts of federal employees combating the pandemic.