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 GAO: Great Recruiting is Not Enough February 10, 2005 The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) has set out to become one of the world’s premiere professional services firms. In order to succeed, the agency must recruit and retain world-class talent-experts in the defense, economic, scientific, financial and social programs the federal government administers. This challenge is especially difficult in light of GAO’s stereotypical image as a legion of accountants with green eyeshades straight out of central casting. GAO’s leadership team accepted the challenge and launched a recruiting initiative that produced results and a model for the rest of the federal government. Download (125k)