Workforce

Few BLM Employees Agree to Relocate as Interior Attempts to Ease Pain of Those It Will Fire

So far just two employees have agreed to move from Washington headquarters to new locations in western states.

  • Eric Katz

Survey: Feds Are Concerned About Bills and Holiday Plans With Looming Shutdown

Respondents reported fears of paying bills and holiday plan disruptions. 

  • Courtney Bublé

Maryland Senator Says President is the 'Wild Card' in Spending Negotiations 

While Democrats and Republicans negotiate on appropriations, it’s unclear how the president will react. 

  • Courtney Bublé

Two Military Base Shootings This Week Leave Defense Civilians in 'Fear, Terror, Sadness and Grief'

At least two civilian employees were killed as others witnessed events or hid in offices.

  • Eric Katz

Mindfulness Could Lower Your Blood Pressure

Mindfulness can help lower high blood pressure by boosting attention control, emotion regulation, and self-awareness of both healthy and unhealthy habits.

  • Futurity

Why Workers Spend All Day at the Office

Why Americans work more than anyone else.

  • Derek Thompson, The Atlantic

House Passes Bill to Guarantee Citizenship for Kids of Overseas Feds

Bipartisan bill passed in response to a recent Trump administration policy change.

  • Eric Katz

Feds Are Unlikely to Get Christmas Eve Off This Year

Presidents do not typically grant extra vacation time when Christmas falls on a Wednesday.

  • Courtney Bublé

The False Promise of Morning Routines

Why everyone’s mornings seem more productive than yours.

  • Marina Koren, The Atlantic

You’re More Likely to Mess Things Up Without Enough Sleep

Sleep deprivation messes with our 'placekeeping' ability, which makes us make more mistakes on tasks that have more than a few simple steps.

  • Caroline Brooks, Futurity

Federal Correctional Officer Suicides Sound Alarms at Bureau Of Prisons

Staffing levels are another major issue for the agency.

  • Courtney Bublé

DOJ Employees Say They're 'Afraid' After Department Argues in Court Against LGBTQ Protections

Employees say morale is tanking and some are questioning their commitment to the Justice Department over its positions.

  • Eric Katz

Analysis: Trump’s War on Expertise Is Only Intensifying

But his attacks on career government officials could backfire with an ever more educated electorate.

  • Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic
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Why Saying ‘OK Boomer’ at Work Is Considered Age Discrimination – but Millennial Put-Downs Aren’t

An employment law expert explains why you shouldn't use an age-related insult at work to demean an older colleague.

  • Elizabeth C. Tippett, The Conversation

Viewpoint: The Deep State Isn't the Real Threat to Democracy

Hollowed-out institutions and battered and belittled public servants are a bigger problem.

  • William J. Burns, The Atlantic

VA Issues Eviction Notices to Unions at Its Facilities

Unions can keep office space if they pay their "fair share," VA says as it implements Trump's executive orders.

  • Eric Katz

Nearly Half of Sexual Harassers Can Go Back to Work

After getting fired for sexual harassment in the workplace, many harassers are able to come back to work because of weak company policies.

  • Caroline Brooks, Futurity

Interior Department Delivers Hundreds of Relocation Notices to Employees

Headquarters staff now has 30 days to accept the reassignment or face removal from the agency.

  • Eric Katz

Viewpoint: Stop Denigrating the Civilian National Security Workforce and Fix It

To understaff and undermanage the military's civilian counterparts does our uniformed force an enormous disservice and undermines U.S. security.

  • Loren DeJonge Schulman, Defense One

Interior to Offer Buyouts to Employees Tapped for Relocation, As Some Already Head for the Exits

"We're losing people every day," one employee says.

  • Eric Katz

Impeachment Transcripts Show Tanking Morale at State as Foreign Service Officers Raise Legal Defense Funds

"It's scary," one State Department official says.

  • Eric Katz