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 works to revitalize our federal government by inspiring a new generation to serve and by transforming the way government works.

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

A Golden Opportunity: Recruiting Baby Boomers Into Government
Research suggests our government has a golden opportunity to attract talented, experienced workers to federal service, but that agencies must take action to more effectively appeal to this cohort.
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A New Day for Government: Partnership for Public Service Annual Report FY 2007
This annual report — “A New Day for Government” — illustrates why government matters in times of calm, not just crisis, and how government’s impact on our everyday lives demands that we act to improve its effectiveness. This report also outlines how the Partnership, more than any organization outside government, is driving that sustained push to improve government and how our work is delivering results through a broad range of new activities.
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Collaboration in Times of Crisis
The Partnership explored ways to enhance coordination, particularly in the emergency management community, through its Collaboration in Times of Crisis series. This document memorializes the discussions and offers practical lessons to improve collaboration across federal agencies, across levels of government and across sectors.
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Getting On Board: A Model for Integrating and Engaging New Employees
This report diagnoses the current challenges facing federal onboarding and presents a model for strategic onboarding, which can serve as a guide for agency reforms. This model outlines a set of overriding principles that underpin effective onboarding programs. It identifies key stakeholders and clarifies their roles in the process, breaking down the onboarding process into five distinct time periods and explaining what agencies should be doing during each phase.
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Issue Brief: Brain Drain 2008
Our federal government today faces challenges of unprecedented complexity, from combating terrorism, to competing in a global marketplace, to fixing our nation’s decaying physical infrastructure, to dealing with an aging population at home.
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Making the Difference: A Blueprint for Matching University Students with Federal Opportunities
This report integrates student survey results with the on-the-ground experience gained from the five Call to Serve pilot campuses and feedback from a faculty survey to develop a series of key findings. These findings inform the recommendations for federal agencies, universities and Congress.
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Where the Jobs Are: Mission Critical Opportunities for America
Over the next two years, our largest federal agencies project that they will hire nearly 193,000 new workers for "mission-critical" jobs. While there are other federal jobs that will be filled during this time, including those in clerical and support positions, the jobs listed in this report constitute the bulk of our federal government's hiring needs.
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