Best Places to Work in the Federal Government

FILE - Colette Peters, director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, speaks after being sworn in at BOP headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation Wednesday, Sept. 28, to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny. The bill is being introduced a day before Peters is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Pay reduction at Bureau of Prisons facility: Another view

Former Bureau of Prisons warden says incentive pay at an Illinois facility should be removed and the staff reduced.

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Agency chief human capital officers convene for 2023 fall forum in September. Image credit: Office of Personnel Management.

3 agencies that improved their FEVS response rates this year — and how they did it

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(Getty Images/iStockphoto/MivPiv)Troops in formation.

Army unit finds: A better place to work starts with listening

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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.

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Federal workforce attrition rises back up to pre-pandemic levels

After a dip in the 2020 governmentwide attrition rate, employees voluntarily left the federal workforce in 2021 at an average rate of 6.1%, often to retire…

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VA needs funds after staffing shortages

AFGE, which represents around 283,000 VA employees, said 70% of respondents reported needing more administrative and support staff, and 64% said there are vacant positions for which no recruitment is taking place. 

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