On April 22, 2009, Partnership President and CEO, Max Stier, testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and District of Columbia. Stier addressed the major challenges currently facing the federal workforce, including barriers to recruitment, a broken hiring process, a lack of meaningful measures and a lack of support and oversight. Subsequently, Stier offered six recommendations, including improved measures, a government-wide strategic human capital plan and a public endorsement of S. 736, the Federal Hiring Process Improvements Act