RELATED July 03, 2025 Partnership for Public Service’s public comments on OPM’s “Suitability and Fitness” proposed rule June 23, 2025 Mad Money: The public believes the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal government will harm the U.S. economy and make the country less safe June 23, 2025 Public Service Leadership Model Pocket Guide Back to Reports 2010 Best Places to Work Analysis: What Drives Innovation in Government August 10, 2011 How innovative is the federal government? What drives innovation in federal agencies? And, what can leaders do, if anything, to promote innovation within their agencies and teams? Given the importance of improving government effectiveness and delivering better results for the American people within today’s budgetary constraints, these are the questions the Partnership for Public Service and the Hay Group set out to explore. Our analysis underscored that innovation depends on the total environment leaders create for employees. Download (215k)