Publications Library

The Partnership’s research team is dedicated to providing the quality information, insightful analysis, and practical solutions needed to modernize the federal government so it can better protect and promote the security, health and prosperity of all Americans. Through its unique series of high-visibility reports, insightful issue briefs, original surveys, and innovative research projects (such as the annual Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings) the Partnership is helping to shed light on the challenges facing the public sector and the changes we need to make to better attract, retain and empower America’s most talented workers.

The Partnership for Public Service is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to revitalize our federal government by inspiring a new generation to serve and by transforming the way government works.

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

Best Places to Work Snapshot: Gender Gaps and Racial/Ethnic Divides

Based on data from the Office of Personal Management's 2011 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, this analysis provides important perspective on how federal employees perceive the current state of diversity and inclusion within their agencies.

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Best Places to Work Snapshot: The Federal Leadership Challenge
According to the Partnership's latest Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® analysis, leadership in the federal government gets a mixed review. On the one hand, leadership is one of the lowest workplace categories of 10 examined, with a score of only 54.9 out of 100. On the other hand, scores have been improving steadily since the rankings first launched in 2003 and there is compelling evidence that a concerted effort can make a real difference to employees.
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Federal Leaders Face Challenges Attracting Top College Graduates to Government Service

The Partnership for Public Service analyzed the results of the 2011 National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Student Survey of 35,401 students from 599 colleges and universities from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The results are both alarming and replete with challenges for federal hiring managers and human resources professionals who are changed with attracting a new generation of skilled employees to our government.

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From Data to Decisions: The Power of Analytics
The Partnership for Public Service, in collaboration with IBM's Public Sector Business Analytics & Optimization practice, set out to study federal agencies' use of analytics and how it helped them achieve better program results. We focused on identifying leading practices that illustrate how data informs decisions and drives meaningful and positive program changes. In particular, we were interested to know how employing good data led to changes in how agencies think about their programs and how it led to programmatic insights that influenced their decisions.
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Mission-Driven Mobility: Strengthening Our Government Through a Mobile Leadership Corps
The Partnership for Public Service, in collaboration with McKinsey & Company examined all forms of mobility—intraagency to multisector—and identified the extent to which they are currently used and the barriers to their use. This report also sets forth a series of solutions for increasing SES mobility and building a leadership corps better equipped to drive results in government.
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