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Recurring pay freezes, furloughs, shrinking resources, and disruptive shutdowns have made highly sought-after government jobs less popular and less desirable. And for those workers already part of the public sector, many have become unsatisfied and disengaged. Unfortunately, this is the new reality. Managers must accept that and find new ways to meet these challenges. This Forum examines these challenges and gives managers strategies and best practices to successfully rebuild and re-engage their workers, create stability in their workplaces, and find new and more efficient ways to accomplish their agency missions. Greg Stanford, of the Federal Managers Association writes that they can no longer use the term 'doing more with less.' Instead, managers need to alter their expectations of what is achievable in this new workplace reality. In the article 'Invest in the Vlorkforce and Prioritize Programs to Meet Challenges,' Jenny Mattingley presents some key issues facing the workplace presented by sequestration. Adapted from the source document.