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Fewer Federal Employees Are Reporting Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
At some agencies, the rates of harassment remain high.
Workforce
Bringing Federal Retirees Back Might Do More Harm Than Good. Here’s Why.
COMMENTARY | There are better ways to build, sustain and grow the federal workforce long-term than rehiring those who have already left it, one writer argues.
Workforce
An Effort to Make It Easier for Feds to Bust Their Own Union is Blocked by the FLRA
The American Federation of Government Employees applauded the decision, but with a FLRA-mandated union election scheduled for next month, the fight is far from over.
Workforce
Forcing Feds Into the Office Is a Mistake. Here's Why.
An arbitrary reduction in telework is likely to drive an exodus of qualified federal workers seeking flexibility to the private sector.
Workforce
There is No Firm Plan Yet for Feds' Pay in a Debt Ceiling Breach
GovExec Senior Correspondent Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss the ongoing negotiations as a default looms.
Pay & Benefits
Fed Pay and Benefits Could be Hit Hard by Debt Ceiling Wheeling and Dealing
There are a few scenarios that could be bad for federal workers in the debt ceiling negotiations.
Workforce
Feds Could Be Fired at Any Time for Any Reason, Under a Bill That Was Just Reintroduced
The bill also would abolish the Merit Systems Protection Board and threatens to reduce former federal employees’ retirement benefits if they file “frivolous” appeals of adverse personnel actions.
Management
Rushing the Return to Office: Why Forcing Feds into In-Person Work Could Backfire
Agency leaders need to make informed, data-driven decisions about the path forward.
Pay & Benefits
'Benefits Envy' May Be Partly to Blame for the Erosion of Fed Compensation
“The sense that public employees have stuff that’s better” than that of private-sector workers persists, says one expert.
Management
The General Schedule System Needs An Upgrade, Now
We shouldn’t use 70-year-old products to manage the 21st century workforce.
Workforce
There Are Many Threats to 'the Future of the Public Service Itself'
Donald F. Kettl joins the podcast to discuss the future of the civil service.
Workforce
Celebrating 'Unbelievable Things Happening' in Public Service
Max Stier joins the podcast to discuss the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals and Public Service Recognition Week.
Management
And the Finalists for This Year’s ‘Oscars’ of Government Service Are …
Announcement marks the start of Public Service Recognition Week.
Management
The Gathering Storm Threatening the Civil Service
Conservatives are gearing up for a big debate and attacks that could upend the civil service as we know it.
Workforce
Are Feds in and Around D.C. Going to Have to Go Into Offices Soon?
GovExec Daily staff discusses the end of "maximum telework" in federal agency offices.
Workforce
OPM Denied 20% of Agency Requests to Let Politicals Convert Into Career Roles
In another 23% of cases, agencies failed to seek permission before letting political appointees "burrow in."
Management
Let’s Rethink the Management of Our Civil Service
In this op-ed, the executive vice president of the Partnership for Public Service posits that we should build up public servants and hold them accountable to improve government performance.
Workforce
Chief Diversity Officers Need to Be Prepared to Manage
Adam Jones and Kevin Johnson join the podcast to discuss the Chief Diversity Officer Bootcamp program.
Pay & Benefits
Pay and Prestige For Civil Servants: The Historical Advantages—and Disadvantages—of Government Work
The advantages have “helped to recruit and keep some very good people in government work,” according to one academic.
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