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The R3 team recently collected approximately 2,000 items for people in need, including underwear, facemasks, shampoo, conditioner, soap, mouthwash, shaving kits, deodorant and more. R3 has supported ThriveDC for the past three years through this workplace giving campaign.

R3’s Laura Jackman collected all the donations this year and delivered them to ThriveDC on March 14. She is pictured below on the right with Vanessa Davis, volunteer coordinator for ThriveDC. Laura is a member of R3’s Employee and Labor Relations team at FEMA.

On Thursday January 19, 2023, R3 hosted its annual New Year dinner at Chophouse & Brewery in Washington, DC. More than 35 employees turned out for the event, which featured a sit-down dinner and brief remarks by R3 President and CEO Kristin Berry. It was R3’s first in-person event since the pandemic, and was appreciated by all who attended.

R3 conducted it’s second annual internal culture survey in 2022 to better understand our strengths and areas for improvement. The survey questions were similar to those used by our government clients in the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS). R3’s scores remain higher than the governmentwide averages in all areas.

In addition to those specific survey items, we asked a few open-ended questions about the most positive aspects of the R3 work experience, changes that employees would make at R3 if they were the CEO, how they would describe their team dynamic, and how they would describe the overall R3 culture.

Most people cited the support from co-workers or R3 leadership and the flexibility to get work done remotely as the best part of their work experience. There were not many suggestions for improving R3. In fact, most people said they wouldn’t make any changes. For the second year in a row, employees described their individual team dynamics as very positive, and the most common responses to describe R3’s overall culture were: supportive and family-friendly.

R3 recently honored its co-founder Glenn Hartung, who passed away in October 2020, by presenting two employees, Tom Dannan and Jill Davis, with the Glenn Hartung Integrity Award. The award is designed to honor his memory annually by recognizing staff who embody his values and characteristics, which include: ethical behavior, hard work, authenticity, sound judgement, attention to detail, and kindness.

R3 Government Solutions (R3) has been awarded a contract with the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Human Capital to provide Information Technology (IT) Systems and Data Analytics support. R3 was awarded this work via its General Services Administration (GSA) Best-In-Class Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTS) Small Business (SB) Pool 2 contract.

Contract Award # GS02Q16DCR0105/70CMSD21FR0000199

Last summer R3 launched our first annual “culture survey” in which 100% of respondent staff stated “R3 was a good place to work” and 100% of the respondents confirmed that R3’s policies and programs promote diversity in the workforce. When compared to our government clients, using the same questions and survey methodology, R3’s satisfaction scores were significantly higher overall than the government’s averages. After follow up listening sessions between R3 leadership and employees, we are launching several initiatives that are the result of employee feedback, specifically more internal communications channels and new employee development opportunities.