Programs Overview

• Best Places to Work
• Call to Serve
• Center for Government Leadership
• FedExperience
• FedRecruit
• Government Affairs
• Onboarding Agency Services
• Presidential Management Initiative
• Private Sector Council
• Public Service Recognition Week
• Service to America Medals
• State of the Public Service
• Strategic Advisors to Government Executives

Best Places to Work

Best Places to Work is the most comprehensive ranking of federal government organizations, drawing on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s Federal Human Capital Survey of more than 150,000 executive branch employees. The rankings are designed to offer job-seekers unprecedented insight into the best opportunities for public service and to provide managers and government leaders a road map for improving employee engagement and commitment.

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Call to Serve

The Call to Serve initiative is a joint effort of the Partnership and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to educate a new generation about the importance of a strong civil service, help re-establish links between federal agencies and campuses, and provide students with information about federal jobs.  The Call to Serve network consists of nearly 700 schools and more than 75 federal agencies.

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Center for Government Leadership

Effective leadership is essential to driving reform in any organization. Unfortunately, leadership is one of the areas where our federal government most dramatically lags the private sector. The Annenberg Leadership Seminars and the Excellence in Government Fellows program prepare rising federal leaders to solve pressing national issues by driving innovation, inspiring employees and delivering results.

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FedExperience

The Partnership has begun a new initiative, FedExperience, that will encourage retiring baby boomers to pursue encore careers with the federal government. The logic behind this project is that just as thousands of civil servants will be leaving government in the coming years, millions of boomers will be retiring from jobs in the private and nonprofit sectors. These “retirees” are healthy and well-educated. According to multiple surveys, the majority of them also want to continue working, and they are particularly interested in jobs where they can serve the greater good. The first phase of this project, funded by a grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies and now underway, is research on the feasibility of attracting older Americans to government. After the research, we plan to conduct pilot projects with selected federal agencies.

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FedRecruit

To help government attract top talent, the Partnership has launched a three-year pilot program to assist federal agencies build their capacity to recruit, hire and retain top entry-level talent in mission-critical jobs. Participating agencies explore leading recruiting, hiring and onboarding practices and develop new, innovative approaches to address their hiring needs in acquisition, human resources and information technology.

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Government Affairs

The Partnership seeks to be an agent of change through its work on behalf of civil service reform legislation. Our contributions to the debate, and our help in building relationships, is yielding results and advancing legislation that will make the federal government a more attractive and rewarding place to work.

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Onboarding Agency Services

Within the first six months on a job, 90% of employees decide whether or not they will stay at an organization or begin looking for a new job. The Partnership's Onboarding Agency Services were created to help agencies retain new employees by integrating them into their agencies more quickly, effectively and productively.

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Presidential Management Initiative

To shape the next president’s management plan, the Partnership for Public Service launched the Presidential Management Initiative, which offers recommendations for the presidential transition and establishes a framework for effective management in the next administration. The centerpiece will be a strategy to build and lead a first-rate federal workforce.

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Private Sector Council

The Partnership for Public Service’s Private Sector Council (PSC) connects experts from America’s top corporations with federal leaders to confront government’s key management challenges on an operational level. PSC’s primary purpose is to engage private sector expertise to improve the business of government.

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Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW)

Celebrated since 1985 the first Monday through Sunday in May, Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) is a time set aside to honor the men and women who serve our nation as federal, state, county and local government employees and ensure that our government is the best in the world.

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Service to America Medals (Sammies)

The Service to America Medals pay tribute to America’s dedicated federal workforce, highlighting those who have made significant contributions to our country. Honorees are chosen each year based on their commitment and innovation, as well as the impact of their work on addressing the needs of the nation.

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State of the Public Service

The State of the Public Service is the Partnership’s major initiative to evaluate government performance, agency by agency. Building off the Partnership’s Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings, the State of Public Service initiative will tie agency human capital practices to the outcomes they are trying to achieve for the American people.  

The State of the Public Service reflects our belief that effective use of indicator systems can bolster short and longer-term change efforts and yield enhanced collaboration, better-informed decision making and greater accountability to citizens. It is critical to government effectiveness for two key reasons. First, developed through rigorous preliminary research and with the input of key stakeholders, it is a data-driven model developed to measure actual agency performance over time. Second, it will provide a transparent, credible and intuitive means for Congress and the general public to understand how well an agency is conducting its business.

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Strategic Advisors to Government Executives (SAGE) Program

The Partnership for Public Service's Strategic Advisors to Government Executives (SAGE) program connects senior-level executives in government with their predecessors and private-sector counterparts, providing them with an opportunity to leverage prior government experience as well as private-sector capabilities to continue to help transform government and improve performance. The SAGE effort focuses on the senior leadership in government, tackling issues that affect the management of operational disciplines across the public-sector. The Partnership’s SAGE program is currently comprised of communities for Chief Information Officers (CIO), Chief Financial Officers (CFO) and Chief Acquisition Officers (CAO).

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