July 22, 2021
Publication Type: In the News
It’s not personal. Lu is among 60 State Department nominees waiting to be confirmed, according to data from the Partnership for Public Service.
July 15, 2021
Publication Type: Congressional Testimony
On July 15, 2021, Partnership President and CEO, Max Stier submitted a statement for the record to the House Committee on Homeland Security hearing entitled, “Securing the Homeland: Reforming DHS to Meet Today’s Threats.”
July 21, 2021
Publication Type: In the News
How can the Department of Homeland Security possibly vet 40,000 people coming to the United States every day to spot the possible security threats? Until recently, it couldn’t, or it took so long a terrorist could already have moved in. Lori Vislocky developed, in record time and on a shoestring, a modern information system that...
July 20, 2021
Publication Type: In the News
The Biden administration named Margot Conrad, a longtime leader at the Partnership for Public Service, as the CHCO Council’s executive director earlier this year. A new working group is helping Conrad review the CHCO Council’s operations, resources, membership and connections with other cross-agency councils.
July 15, 2021
Publication Type: In the News
Federal agencies can use internships to enhance their hiring of persons who do not have a four-year college degree—as advocated by a Trump administration policy that the Biden administration is continuing—says a blog posting by the Partnership for Public Service.
July 15, 2021
Publication Type: In the News
The Budget and Accounting Act is 100 years old, and so is the Government Accountability Office — formerly called the General Accounting Office. The agency, part of Congress, has come a long way from its origins in bean counting. Federal Drive with Tom Temin got a brief overview from the GAO’s Chief Operating Officer Kate Siggerud.
July 15, 2021
Publication Type: In the News
But one-at-a-time hiring won’t work if an agency wants to quickly acquire a large number of senior personnel, said Michelle Amante, vice president of federal workforce programs at the Partnership for Public Service. It takes 60 to 90 days from the time a candidate is selected until he or she is brought on board, she...
July 14, 2021
Publication Type: In the News
As the Senate returns from its July 4th break, lawmakers face a slew of pending nominations for various posts in the Biden administration. More than 200 nominations were awaiting Senate confirmation at the start of this month, according to new data from the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service. “The Senate has a huge role to...
July 7, 2021
Publication Type: In the News
The Partnership for Public Service called the order “an important advancement in the federal government’s growing focus” on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEIA) initiatives.
July 7, 2021
Publication Type: In the News
The department still ranks last among large agencies on the most recent Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings, which the Partnership for Public Service and Boston Consulting Group released last week.