Now Is the Time to Improve Federal Employee Engagement

As the nation's largest and most diversified employer, the federal government must construct—and sustain—effective approaches to deal with agency-specific employee engagement.

The past year was a difficult one for the federal government. Federal employees endured harsh criticism by the media and elected officials, even as employees tolerated stagnant wages and reduced pay for newly hired employees due to increased contributions to benefits programs. Budget cuts threatened jobs a