| Title |
Author(s) |
Date |
Summary |
Type |
Size |
| Best Places to Work Snapshot: The Federal Leadership Challenge |
Partnership |
04/25/2012 |
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.
Topics: Leadership |
Issue Briefs, White Papers and Snapshots |

326k
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| SES Resume-Based Hiring Workbook |
Partnership |
03/26/2012 |
This guide is a workbook for both the Executive Resources staff and the hiring managers, designed for both groups to collaborate on each phase of the process. The guide is divided into four sections, each devoted to a major phase of the process. Because each phase builds upon the preceding one, it is important to spend time implementing each phase well.
Topics: Recruiting and Hiring, Innovation |
Toolkits |

5610k
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| Mission-Driven Mobility: Strengthening Our Government Through a Mobile Leadership Corps |
Partnership |
02/29/2012 |
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.
Topics: Leadership, Recruiting and Hiring, Innovation |
Research Reports and Surveys |

1938k
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| Best Places to Work Snapshot: Gender Gaps and Racial/Ethnic Divides |
Partnership |
02/16/2012 |
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.
Topics: Diversity |
Issue Briefs, White Papers and Snapshots |

325k
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| Federal Leaders Face Challenges Attracting Top College Graduates to Government Service |
Partnership |
02/06/2012 |
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.
Topics: Attitudes Toward Government Service, College Students and Entry-Level Careers, Critical Skills and Mission Critical Occupations, Diversity, Recruiting and Hiring |
Issue Briefs, White Papers and Snapshots |

299k
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| From Data to Decisions: The Power of Analytics |
Partnership |
11/30/2011 |
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.
Topics: Critical Skills and Mission Critical Occupations |
Research Reports and Surveys |

811k
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| Making Smart Cuts: Lessons from the 1990s Budget Front |
Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton |
09/27/2011 |
The Partnership for Public Service, with Booz Allen Hamilton, interviewed more than 30 current and former senior federal officials and government experts, on how federal agencies responded to past budget cuts. Their insights and experiences, presented here, are useful for leaders now facing similar challenges, and can assist agencies and members of Congress develop and implement effective strategies as they navigate the difficult path ahead.
Topics: Critical Skills and Mission Critical Occupations, Federal Contracting, Leadership, Strategic Human Capital Planning |
Research Reports and Surveys |

821k
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| The Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation |
Partnership |
09/20/2011 |
The Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation was enacted by Congress and the President to spur innovative approaches to strengthening program integrity, reducing improper payments, and improving in other program administration areas. OMB has implemented the Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation through an inclusive and systematic approach to identifying, developing, reviewing, and selecting pilot projects for funding.
Topics: Attitudes Toward Government Service, Innovation |
Issue Briefs, White Papers and Snapshots |

2691k
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| Best Places to Launch a Career in the Federal Government Snapshot |
Partnership for Public Service |
09/08/2011 |
The Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte set out to understand what it takes to build a federal government workforce of the future in an era of career flexibility and job fluidity. How do professionals starting their federal careers feel about the agencies they serve and how well are those agencies managing their new class of public servants? This Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® snapshot analysis is based on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 2010 employee survey.
Topics: Attitudes Toward Government Service, College Students and Entry-Level Careers, Compensation, Benefits and Student Loan Repayment, Retirees and Encore Careers |
Issue Briefs, White Papers and Snapshots |

202k
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| Securing the Future: Management Lessons of 9/11 |
Partnership for Public Service |
08/29/2011 |
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush supported and Congress approved two of the most significant government reorganizations in decades—the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).
Topics: Attitudes Toward Government Service, Leadership, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development, Innovation |
Research Reports and Surveys |

738k
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