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Continuing to Serve: A look at veterans in the federal civil service
11/09/2026This Veterans Day, we honor the men and women who have served our nation in uniform—and the thousands who continue that commitment to public service as civilian employees of the federal government.
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The Business of Better Government: Takeaways from private sector performance management
10/29/2026Private sector successes and failures in employee performance management suggest that government should try a continuous, development-oriented and team-centered approach.
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Answering your questions about our new Public Service Viewpoint Survey
10/14/2026The Partnership for Public Service has launched the 2026 Public Service Viewpoint Survey.
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Appointments off the books: The Trump administration’s quiet rollout of Schedule G
10/13/2026The Trump administration has quietly appointed 25 officials under Schedule G—a new political appointment category created last year without formal regulatory guardrails.
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Rethinking performance management: A conversation with personnel expert Tim Curry
08/27/2026Tim Curry shares lessons learned in performance management, from a small Air Force base in Indiana to the agency overseeing the entire federal workforce.
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Merit Systems Protection Board 101: Employee removal conditions and protections
08/10/2026Former Merit Systems Protection Board Vice Chairman Ray Limon breaks down the current state of the agency and what federal employees need to know about removal conditions and retaliation protections.
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Merit Systems Protection Board 101: Individual cases, including agency elimination, restructuring, probationary employees and more
07/28/2026Former Merit Systems Protection Board Vice Chairman Ray Limon breaks down the current state of the agency and what federal employees need to know about the appeals process.
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Merit Systems Protection Board 101: Procedures, appeals and documentation
07/14/2026Former Merit Systems Protection Board Vice Chairman Ray Limon breaks down the current state of the agency's reduction-in-force procedures and what federal employees need to know about their appeal rights.
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The Merit Systems Protection Board 101: Processing, authority and independence
06/30/2026In the first of a series, former vice chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board Ray Limon breaks down the current state of the agency's processing, authority and institutional independence.
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Lessons learned from a career in federal employee performance management
06/25/2026Elizabeth Kolmstetter, Ph.D., weighs in on why performance management is part of a broader talent ecosystem.