Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org Agency function is tied to how people feel about their job — that’s bad news for USDA research January 18, 2019 Should anyone care how career civil servants view the attractiveness of their workplace? The answer is yes, Congress and taxpayers should. The results of the “Best Places to Work in the Federal Government” rankings arrived just before Christmas, and they don’t look good for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.