Lisa Rein
Reporter

Lisa Rein covers the federal workforce and issues that concern the management of government. At the Post, she has written about state politics and government in Annapolis, Md. and Richmond, Va., local government in Fairfax County, Va. and the redevelopment of Washington and its neighborhoods.

She was previously a reporter for the New York Daily News, where she covered former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and the city’s colorful taxi industry. Before crossing the Hudson River, she chronicled Asian immigration to Northern New Jersey for The Record of Hackensack. Lisa started her daily newspaper career at The Patriot-Ledger in Quincy, Ma., where one of the biggest scandals of the late 1980s was the gold spray-painting by vandals of Plymouth Rock. She grew up in Boston and graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

Latest by Lisa Rein

Survey: Federal workers’ job satisfaction drops

Survey: Federal workers’ job satisfaction drops

Employees still say work is critical, but cite frustrations with pay, budget cuts; fewer recommend federal jobs.

Federal job satisfaction now lowest since 2010

Federal job satisfaction now lowest since 2010

The annual Employee Viewpoint Survey for federal workers shows growing discontent.

Shutdown cost $2 billion in lost productivity, report finds

Shutdown cost $2 billion in lost productivity, report finds

The 16-day shutdown had a ripple effect, hurting spending by visitors to parks and delaying permits.

Government shutdown cost $2 billion in lost federal employee productivity, White House says

Government shutdown cost $2 billion in lost federal employee productivity, White House says

White House budget chief says government shutdown cost taxpayers $2 billion in lost employee productivity