A highly engaged and motivated workforce drives productivity and service quality, but the government lags well behind the private sector in employee engagement—and the gap is growing.
2019 Best Places to Work engagement score compared to 2019 private sector data
Government wide Best Places to Work in the Federal Government data: Partnership for Public Service
Private sector data: Mercer | Sirota
RECENT NEWS
Max Stier to the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Management and Accountability
January 14, 2020
Publication Type: Congressional Testimony
Written testimony of Partnership for Public Service President and CEO Max Stier prepared for the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Management and Accountability hearing entitled “Seventeen Years Later: Why is Morale at DHS Still Low.”
2019 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® Rankings Show Modest Drop in Employee Engagement
December 17, 2019
Publication Type: News Release
Partnership for Public Service and Boston Consulting Group release new data highlighting top performing and most improved federal agencies across government WASHINGTON – The nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service and global management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group today released the 2019 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® rankings, which show a federal…
Feds maintain ‘resilient’ engagement despite the shutdown
December 17, 2019
Publication Type: In the News
The federal workforce’s engagement in their jobs dipped only slightly in 2019, despite a record-breaking government shutdown to start out the year, but some agency subcomponents fared worse than others.
NASA Ranks as the Best Place to Work in Government for Eighth Year
December 17, 2019
Publication Type: In the News
Partnership for Public Service notes a “modest drop in employee engagement” overall across government.
Direct link found between employee engagement, quality at VA hospitals
March 27, 2019
Publication Type: In the News
Publication Topic: Engage Employees
There’s a lot of evidence from the private sector that more engaged employees tend to drive better business results. But unsurprisingly, it appears to be true in federal agency settings as well. That’s the conclusion of new research recently published by the Partnership for Public Service and the Boston Consulting Group.
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