{"id":19852,"date":"2021-03-18T20:25:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T20:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/03\/18\/why-federal-science-jobs-need-a-brand-rehab\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:51:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:51:02","slug":"why-federal-science-jobs-need-a-brand-rehab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2021\/03\/18\/why-federal-science-jobs-need-a-brand-rehab\/","title":{"rendered":"Why federal science jobs need a brand rehab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Science focused federal agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have lost significant sections of their workforces over the past few years, due both to an aging workforce and past treatment of federal employees in science, technology, engineering and math fields in the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAccording to data reviewed by the committee staff, EPA\u2019s workforce declined by 3.9 percent during the last administration and over 16 percent since 2009,\u201d said Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., at a House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing March 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDOE\u2019s civil service STEM workforce has not increased in 4 years. EPA, DOE and NOAA have all lost large numbers of STEM workers in key occupations, such as environmental protection specialists, nuclear engineers and oceanographers. Even offices with broad bipartisan support have not been spared: DOE\u2019s Office of Nuclear Energy lost over 20 percent of its workforce in just the first three years of the previous administration. And in many science agencies, outsized gender, racial and ethnic employment disparities persist in STEM workforces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to witnesses that testified at the hearing, the challenges facing federal science jobs are both those that have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/federal-oversight\/watchdogs\/2021\/03\/08\/workforce-shortages-are-significant-to-agencies-high-risk-problems\/\" target=_blank>impacted the federal workforce at large<\/a> \u2014 slow hiring processes, too few talent pipelines, insufficient compensation, an aging workforce and incomplete workforce planning \u2014 as well as problems that are unique to science jobs and agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe federal government\u2019s brand is damaged. Government shutdowns, hiring freezes and negative rhetoric have hurt the image of government and the people who serve. An Axios Harris poll in March 2019 examined the reputation of America\u2019s 99 most high-profile companies and the federal government, and the government ranked dead last,\u201d Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, testified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat was before a pandemic further eroded public confidence in government. And in the scientific community, several high-profile instances of political interference with scientific results have left doubts about whether the integrity of the work of federal scientists will be protected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration in particular was accused several times of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2020\/02\/11\/feds-stand-up-in-silent-judgement-of-trump-policies\/\" target=_blank>suppressing or altering scientific research<\/a> for political means, as well as removing certain buzzwords like \u201cclimate change\u201d from government websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSeveral hundred career scientists have reported over the past two years that their research findings were altered or suppressed for other than technical reasons,\u201d said Betsy Southerland, former director of science and technology in the EPA\u2019s Office of Water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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his time in office is over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile that\u2019s been articulated by the presidential memorandum, it\u2019s not codified in statute right now, and so it could be backed away from in many cases and carries less weight than if the Scientific Integrity Act goes through,\u201d said Andrew Rosenberg, director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal scientists have also bee challenged by the staffing and funding deficiencies at their agencies in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Southerland noted that staffing at the EPA, for example, is at the lowest it has been in 30 years, and the administrator of the agency has access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/budget\/2018\/02\/22\/trump-budget-repeats-2018-attempts-at-punishing-cuts-to-epa\/\" target=_blank>approximately half of the resources available<\/a> in 1980, when adjusted for inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we surveyed more than 4,000 federal scientists in 2018, 80 percent said that they noticed workforce reductions and nearly 90 percent said that these losses made it difficult to fulfil their missions,\u201d said Rosenberg, who added that agencies have curtailed the fellowships and career drives that bring new talent into the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Stier said that while such initiatives can certainly help get more young scientists into the government, the brand problem facing scientific agencies and slow hiring process for federal jobs overall could drive away potential employees that would otherwise jump at such opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe system is breaking down along multiple points, and unless you deal with the full set of system failings, you\u2019ll wind up maybe improving the system but then running into another 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