The American University’s School of Public Affairs released its “Best Places to Work” survey—a comprehensive ranking of federal government organizations based on the Office of Personnel Management’s Federal Human Capital Survey of 150,000 executive branch employees. The best place, according to the survey is the Office of Management and Budget. The Department of Defense enters the list at No. 14, with the Department of Homeland Security falling in at No. 29. Read more about the list here.
Air Force Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost—a trailblazer and one of the first 10 women to reach a four-star rank across the U.S. military—retired and passed control of U.S. Transportation Command to Air Force Gen. Randall Reed on Oct. 4, finishing an eventful tenure at TRANSCOM.