workplace culture

If you want new culture in your agency, try yogurt

The drive for economy and efficiency in government operations never ceases, especially when operational budgets don’t grow like entitlements or grants…

Management

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

Workforce

Scotland national Paul Mcque wears Hamilton socks in the entrance plaza of the Santurce Fine Arts Center moments before the premiere of the award-winning Broadway musical, Hamilton, starring its creator, New York native of Puerto Rican descent Lin-Manuel Miranda, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday Jan. 11, 2019. The musical is set to run for two weeks and will raise money for local arts programs. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

All dressed up and somewhere to go: back to the office

Federal Report

USAID’s first DEI director starting with demographic data for recruits, promotions

People

FILE - In this April 1, 2014, file photo, the headquarters for the U.S. Agency for International Development is seen in Washington. The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government agencies and think tanks using an email marketing account of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Microsoft said, late Thursday, May 27, 2021. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

They have their plans, can federal agencies follow through on equity?

Federal Report

Gary Somerset

What GPO has in common with Vera Bradley, Briggs and Stratton

People

Agency managers have new data about the workforce. Will they make use of it?

Workforce

Biden’s DEIA strategy seeks to better understand federal employees’ challenges

Workforce

FILE - A view of the border bridge in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, on Sept. 24, 2021, across the Rio Grande river from Del Rio, Texas. Congressional investigators say two Border Patrol agents were fired from among 60 found to have committed misconduct for participating in a private Facebook group that mocked migrants and lawmakers. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)

2 border agents are fired for offensive Facebook posts

Agency Oversight

Teleworking here to stay: What’s in it for you?

Federal Report

DHS sees more employee engagement successes, even in a pandemic year

Workforce

Bob Tobias, professor at the Key Executive Leadership program of American University

Returning to the office, it’s about a lot more than the office or the building

Many employees want to return to their offices not because they’re so great, but because they want to renew human connections weakened over the past year.

Workforce

Gates are closed at the McPherson Square Metrorail Station in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The Metrorail system that serves the nation's capital and its Virginia and Maryland suburbs shut down for a full-day for an emergency safety inspection of its third-rail power cables. Making for unusual commute, as the lack of service is forcing some people on the roads, while others are staying home or teleworking. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Your ideal work-from-home schedule: No days, every day or something in between?

Will the office ever look the same once the pandemic is over? One small agency surveyed its employees and supervisors about telework, and here’s what they…

Federal Report

Why agencies shouldn’t be so quick to give up their office space

Leasing/Property Management

Walter Barnes, president of PM Consulting Group, cautions “not so fast” when it comes to releasing office space, in favor of permanent telework.