Read, Watch and Listen
Close

Read, Watch and Listen

Our Government Explained (in 3 Minutes or Less): Preparing for the Presidency

Running the U.S. government is one of the world’s most challenging jobs, yet there’s only a small window of time after the election to get ready, so presidential transition activities should start much sooner. The fourth video in the Partnership’s “Our Government Explained” series describes the role of the presidential transition process in preparing a president-elect to run the country or continue into a second term.

Watch the newly released video to learn more, including why it’s vital to start the transition process months before the election is even held. 

Watch
Report
May 17, 2023

The Good Government Connection: Linking the Employee and Customer Experiences

Federal employee experience and customer experience are intertwined, and the connection between the two is particularly important now with agencies implementing historic investments in communities around the country through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Inflation Reduction Act, and CHIPS and Science Act. This report highlights six strategies for how supervisors, midlevel managers, members of the Senior Executive Service and political appointees can improve the experience of their teams in ways that can lead to better experiences for federal customers. It also identifies four challenges to connecting the employee experience to the customer experience and offers recommendations for overcoming them.

More

Report
February 24, 2022

Leading Together: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Leadership Type and Employee Engagement

One of the most critical elements of employee engagement is leadership. This exploratory analysis by the Partnership for Public Service’s...

More

Report
July 29, 2021

15 Editions of Best Places to Work

Our anniversary report, produced in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group, reflects on both the opportunities and requirements for t...

More

Video
October 13, 2020

Best Places to Work in the Federal Government: Insights from government leaders

The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings provide a means of holding leaders accountable for the health of their organizations, shining the spotlight on agencies that are successfully engaging employees as well as on those that are falling short. We spoke with Secretary Robert Wilkie of the Department of Veterans Affairs and…

Watch

Report
October 13, 2020

Survey on the Future of Government Service

The 2020 Survey on the Future of Government Service includes questions about federal employee hiring, performance, management and governm...

More

Report
April 30, 2020

Engaging a Remote Workforce

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many federal agencies have transitioned operations to remote work—or teleworking—to protect the hea...

More

Video
January 17, 2020

Andrew Hallman at the 2019 Best Places breakfast

Office of the Director of National Intelligence Principal Executive Andrew Hallman at the 2019 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government breakfast.

Watch

Report
September 20, 2019

Shutdown Letdown

Earlier this year, our country experienced the longest-ever government shutdown. During those 35 days, many basic government functions st...

More