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GovExec Daily: The Connection Between Employee Satisfaction and Engagement

Nextgov's Frank Konkel joins the podcast to discuss a new report on how the government employee – and customer service – experience can be improved.

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OPM Moves to Allow Agencies to Appoint Some Employees Into 10-Year Temporary Jobs

Trump administration says regulation would provide key flexibility, but it could also circumvent normal hiring procedures and benefits.

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Why Female Bosses Get Different Reactions Than Men When They Criticize Employees

Both male and female employees report reacting more negatively to criticism from a woman, which has implications for the success of women in leadership roles such as Citigroup's incoming CEO.

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Help Us Find the Government’s Boldest Innovators  

Nominations are open for BOLD Gov 2020, a showcase for federal innovation.

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GovExec Daily: Safety as Organizations Bring Staff Back to the Office

Labor employment attorney John Ho joins the podcast to discuss how companies can bring employees back to the workplace in the age of the pandemic.

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New Trump Administration Strategy Leaves Fired Feds Seeking Recourse in Indefinite Purgatory

Select agencies are finding success in allowing firings to persist by arguing appeals board judges cannot legally issue rulings.

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Trump Administration Misled Congress to Justify Relocating Employees, IG Says

The decision to move the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Grand Junction, Colorado, was not all about growing costs, as agency officials suggested.

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Cognitive Limits Mess up Decisions Based on Chance

Cognitive limitations lead to skewed perception of probability that can cause disastrous decisions, researchers say. But we also compensate to get by.

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Office Created to Protect Whistleblowers and Discipline Senior Execs Is Doing Little of Either

Trump has praised the office, but a new internal report shows it has recommended discipline in just 0.2% of cases.