Taking the Unexpected Detour

Neri has traveled around the country and has written several books inspired by true life. He has worked with inner city middle and high school students and aims to tell their stories as accurately as possible. He’s also written about Johnny Cash, Truman Capote and Harper Lee.

Wellness in the Workplace

Stress manifests itself in a variety of ways — from illness to grumpiness to self-isolation — and too often it can get in the way of a government worker who wants to be an effective leader and change agent. Therefore it’s important to try to diminish it — and with diminished stress comes better health, wellness and even motivation and ability to lead.

Know Your Worth

“I was a government contractor for over five years before flipping to a Fed back in 2009,” said Hernandez. “Since then, I’ve been promoted every year I’ve been eligible, received multiple annual leave and cash awards, and performed details with high level offices.”

NextGen@DCMA

NextGen@DCMA promotes innovation and collaboration across all business functions helping to build the next generation of DCMA. Our network’s main principles are: NextGen is a culture and a mindset, not an age range. NextGen is about bettering the Agency and improving how government works. NextGen is about building a community, collaborating and contributing to overcome challenges together. NextGen is about […]

Los Angeles Young Government Leaders

With the help of the Greater Los Angeles Federal Executive Board, the Los Angeles Chapter was launched in March 2011 and has grown to 620 members strong, so far. We’ve hit the ground running in 2015 with the Young Government Leaders Los Angeles (YGL-LA) 2015 Volunteer Day. The event took place Saturday, February 28th at the Food Bank of Southern […]

Leadership and Innovation Network @ Commerce

The world is changing around us. It is inevitable. And for a federal agency to stagnate within an evolving environment is to do a disservice to the public trust. We must innovate not only to lead, but also to keep up. In this sense, innovation really isn’t a choice at all. The Leadership and Innovation Network at Commerce (LINC) is […]

Kansas City Young Government Leaders

Young Government Leaders of Greater Kansas City is a new YGL chapter dedicated to educating, inspiring, and developing the current and future government leaders in the Greater Kansas City metro area. Our mission is to connect government employees across our city with new opportunities to expand their professional development while networking and serving our community. Our purpose is to help […]

HUD Under 5

Under 5, is a volunteer organization of HUD employees with less than five years of service who are devoted to improving the work experience and finding solutions to challenges facing the department. Since 2011, Under 5 members have been working with department leaders to improve the orientation process for new employees and to institute a progressive parental leave policy. The […]

San Antonio Young Government Leaders

Alamo Young Government Leaders consists of community members actively seeking employment or currently employed by federal, state, local government, or other government affiliated organizations. Our parent organization is located in Washington D.C. and was founded in 2003 as a social group of young government professionals interested in meeting other young, energized people in the Federal Government. Since, YGL has evolved […]