For many Americans, work is not just about earning a paycheck. It is a centerpiece of their lives, and they want their job to be meaningful. Decades of research suggest this is true for most federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration’s drastic disruption of the federal government — and the attempted dismantling of the federal civil ...

Keir Starmer has promised "a renewed civil service; more agile, mission-focused and more productive". Like every government in recent history, his is pushing for improved "delivery"; for better ...

Many politicians only pay lip service to leaner and more efficient government. Not president Donald Trump. His efforts to reduce the control of civil servants over the economy are aimed at improving ...

More New York state residents will be able to apply for civil service careers working for the state. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that the state Department of Civil Service updated ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jaime L. Kucinskas, Hamilton College and Yvonne Zylan, University of Calgary (THE ...