| Title |
Author(s) |
Date |
Summary |
Type |
Size |
| The Weakest Link: How Strengthening Assessment Leads to Better Federal Hiring |
Partnership and PDRI |
08/26/2010 |
The Partnership for Public Service and PDRI collaborated to produce The Weakest Link, a report that discusses why progress on assessment in the federal hiring process has been slow, where the sticking points are and how agencies and OPM can move forward more effectively to implement the requirements in the May 11, 2010 hiring reform memorandum.
Topics: Recruiting and Hiring, Strategic Human Capital Planning |
Research Reports and Surveys |

532k
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| Closing the Gap: Seven Obstacles to a First-Class Federal Workforce |
Partnership and Grant Thorton |
08/18/2010 |
The Partnership for Public Service and Grant Thornton
LLP conducted the third in a series of surveys of chief
human capital officers (CHCOs), seeking their views
and recommendations on a wide range of human capital
management policies and practices that are impeding
our government’s ability to hire, develop, motivate
and retain the high-caliber talent the government and
the American public need.
Topics: Recruiting and Hiring, Strategic Human Capital Planning |
Research Reports and Surveys |

489k
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| Federal CIO Roadmap |
Partnership |
07/02/2010 |
Developed as part of the Strategic Advisors to Government Executive (SAGE) program, this resource provides federal Chief Information Officers (CIOs) with a high-level overview of the President’s vision for technology, required responsibilities of a CIO as well as major deadlines that must be met.
Topics: Critical Skills and Mission Critical Occupations, Leadership, Strategic Human Capital Planning, Training and Development |
Toolkits |

1150k
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| On Demand Government: Deploying Flexibilities to Ensure Service Continuity |
Partnership |
07/01/2010 |
The Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton examined the current state of teleworking and four other flexible work arrangements—compressed workweeks, flextime, part-time schedules and job sharing—to better understand their use in the federal government today, to identify the impediments being encountered and to determine what approaches will be most effective to removing barriers.
Topics: Compensation, Benefits and Student Loan Repayment, Critical Skills and Mission Critical Occupations, Leadership, Performance Management, Strategic Human Capital Planning |
Research Reports and Surveys |

675k
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| The Partnership Press: Spring 2010 Newsletter |
Partnership |
06/14/2010 |
What's Inside: Partnership and PER host annual Public Service Recognition Week; 2010 Service to America Medals finalists are announced at Capitol Hill breakfast; Ready to Govern report examines presidential transition; Partnership and The Washington Post launch The Federal Coach online column
Topics: About the Partnership |
Newsletters |

991k
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| Foreign Language Skills: Lost in Translation |
Partnership |
06/10/2010 |
The U.S. government faces numerous challenges and threats in the 21st century that require federal employees with diverse foreign language skills. Congress, federal agencies, and colleges and universities must work creatively and collaboratively to provide more opportunities and incentives for students and federal workers to learn the foreign languages essential to our national security and crucial diplomatic efforts.
Topics: Critical Skills and Mission Critical Occupations, Recruiting and Hiring |
Issue Briefs |

288k
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| Partnership for Public Service Annual Report FY 2009 |
Partnership |
04/26/2010 |
As 2009 began with the historic swearing in of a new president, a record number of people expressing interest in public service and growing demands on our government, we knew it would be a year of great opportunity for the Partnership. Indeed, this was arguably our most ambitious and productive year since our inception nearly a decade ago.
In this annual report, we provide details on the Partnership's accomplishments. We also share with you just a few stories of federal employees making a difference in government, individuals inspired to service through Partnership programs and those assisted by our
leadership development training to better serve the nation.
Topics: About the Partnership |
Annual Reports |

1223k
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| Building An Information Technology Workforce |
Partnership |
03/09/2010 |
The ability of government agencies to fulfill their missions is in peril, requiring immediate and thoughtful attention to the recruitment, hiring and retention of talented IT professionals. Without the right people in the right jobs, our government’s ability to accomplish its mission will be hindered by failing projects and high attrition rates. By investing in IT talent, government will ensure mission success and maintain a safe and prosperous nation.
Topics: Critical Skills and Mission Critical Occupations, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development |
Issue Briefs |

136k
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| Partnership for Public Service Brochure |
Partnership |
03/01/2010 |
Americans need effective government. Every day, we rely on our federal government to deliver vital services from protecting our homeland to revitalizing the economy. Today, our nation faces unprecedented challenges from expanding health care coverage to creating and supporting sources of energy. We need our government to be the best it can be.
The Partnership's brochure, "Good Government Starts with Good People," provides an overview of the organization's work to revitalize our federal government by inspiring a new generation to serve and by transforming the way our government works.
Topics: About the Partnership |
Annual Reports |

305k
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| Ready to Govern: Improving the Presidential Transition |
Partnership |
01/13/2010 |
The constitutional transfer of presidential power has been one of the hallmarks of American democracy—a peaceful ritual that provides continuity for our government as well as an opportunity for change and renewal.
Based on the Partnership's interviews with key transition officials from both the Obama and McCain campaigns, and the Bush White House, Ready to Govern: Improving the Presidential Transition examines the transition beginning in early 2008 through President Obama’s first year in office. The report takes a behind-the-scenes look at President Obama and John McCain’s transition operations and their successes and shortcomings.
Topics: Leadership, Performance Management |
Research Reports and Surveys |

1782k
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