Several agencies sit low on the 2017 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings, but they improved employee engagement significantly over the previous year.
The 2017 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Rankings show a few familiar faces at the top and bottom of the list, but a closer look at the results shows several agencies with momentum moving in their favor. Here are nine insights from this year's rankings.
Foreign Service officials say if you want to be an award winner, the key is to dream big, hope big, and inspire others.
State Department chief information officer Frontis Wiggins is retiring after more than 30 years of service.
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says if you're hoping for a $40,000 buyout from your agency, you can forget about it, unless you work for DoD.
In today's Federal Newscast, The American Foreign Service Association penned a letter to members citing its president's concerns about the current state of the State Department workforce.
Thomas Hill of the Brookings Institution says the State Department's re-org plan looks like a lot of earlier ones, ambitious language but few specifics.
Federal News Radio reporters Nicole Ogrysko and Meredith Somers cover the civilian agencies of the U.S. government. Together they bring a fresh and thoughtful approach to the stories from the federal workforce that are often overlooked.
The National Archives also issued a memo clarifying the roles and responsibilities of the Senior Agency Official for Records Management.
Some U.S. diplomats in Cuba have become seriously ill with hearing loss, concussions and headaches.
The Trump administration wants to find out how many people work, as in really work, rather than are employed, at the U.N., the State Department and other federal agencies.
The reorganization plans of three agencies show a trend of consolidating, centralizing back-office functions.
New diversity efforts include requiring any open ambassador position to include at least one minority candidate.
A group of foreign policy experts assembled by the Atlantic Council advocates a "de-layered" State Department, saying the current structure is "unmanageable."
The State Department is reconsidering whether it really needs a diplomat to coordinate cybersecurity policy. Brookings visiting fellow Cameron Kerry says State should be enhancing the position, not getting rid of it.