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Employee Engagement

July 14, 2022

New research by the Partnership for Public Service and BCG shows that many federal agencies are struggling to improve employee engagement, with leaders and the workforce facing an array of challenges that include transitioning to new ways of working due the fallout from COVID-19 pandemic. These difficulties are evident from the results of the Best...

Workforce

July 18, 2022

Have a laugh and learn all about ‘The G Word,’ a comedy docuseries about our government

Our podcast, “Profiles in Public Service” took a comedic turn with guests Jon Wolf and Jon Cohen, partners ...

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

June 15, 2022

Recognizing heritage more than a month at a time

“So, Kevin, when are you going to begin planning the multicultural potluck?” a colleague asked me years ago...

Fed Figures

January 20, 2022

How the State Department workforce changed under the Trump administration

The Partnership’s recent Fed Figures analysis found that the overall number of full-time civilian federal e...

Fed Figures

December 16, 2021

How the federal workforce changed under the Trump administration

The Trump administration came into office with the expressed intention of shrinking the size of the federal...

Fed Figures

October 29, 2020

How one public-private partnership is closing the cybersecurity talent gap

The Partnership for Public Service recently launched the Cybersecurity Talent Initiative to address an emer...

Fed Figures

May 6, 2020

Celebrating the work of civil servants who safeguard our nation

It often takes a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic for us to remember how important federal employees are t...

Fed Figures

April 3, 2020

COVID-19 and the serious threat to vulnerable federal employees

While the share of federal employees at the highest risk of exposure to the coronavirus is relatively low, ...

Fed Figures

March 2, 2020

Employee engagement is more than just a survey

The evidence is clear – engaged employees are better employees. According to a Gallup analysis, business un...

Fed Figures

January 23, 2020

You don’t have to go to D.C. to see our government in action

Where do most federal employees work? A common misconception is that the federal workforce is based entirel...

Fed Figures

October 23, 2019

A different way of thinking about the size of government

In the public debate about the “proper” size of government, the discussion often overlooks the fact that th...

Fed Figures

August 15, 2019

We can’t improve government without understanding it

Welcome to Fed Figures, a new We the Partnership series that uses data to shed light on our nation’s federa...