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State Dept. awards employees, families who go the extra mile abroad
Volunteerism by eligible family members, like the spouses and children of Foreign Service officers, has grown to compelling heights.
Watchdog council honors outstanding inspectors general at 2020 awards
The 2020 awards honored inspectors general employees that performed exceptional work in preventing waste, fraud and abuse.
By Jessie Bur
The Sammies go virtual to honor exceptional feds
The usual gala for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Awards was replaced with a virtual event to celebrate outstanding federal service.
By Jessie Bur
Some agencies fail to adequately monitor SES reassignments
Senior executive service employees are not supposed to be reassigned within 120 days of a new agency head or manager's arrival.
By Jessie Bur
Federal leadership awards to be canceled for 2020
The Presidential Rank Awards are used to recognize and provide bonuses to senior federal employees that have demonstrated prolonged exceptional service.
By Jessie Bur
Troops who stepped up for COVID-19 pandemic response are eligible for these two medals
Troops who mobilized for COVID-19 support are eligible for the Armed Forces Service Medal or Humanitarian Service Medal.
EPA needs to better calculate the value of time off
Agencies can award both money and extra time off to feds that demonstrate exemplary service, but that time-off award still comes with a cost.
By Jessie Bur
A call to action: developing the next generation of federal leaders
Federal agencies take a generally uncoordinated approach to developing leadership, a practice that can have negative repercussions in an era of low trust in government.
By Bill Valdez
‘Hero’ letter carriers celebrated for going above and beyond
The National Association of Letter Carriers honored six postal employees that behaved heroically to help in their communities.
By Jessie Bur
Dear Bureaucrat, How can I be part of real innovation?
Some officials might make you part of “innovation theater,” encouraging employees to go through the motions of an innovation process, without letting them produce any substantive change. But you can still learn from it ...
By David S. Reed
Why some senior federal employees leave government
Several factors motivate Senior Executive Service employees to leave, or might convince the most experienced to stay.
By Jessie Bur