We the Partnership

Recognition

An inside look at the ‘Oscars’ of government: Meet our 2024 Sammies winners

On Wednesday, Sept. 11, the Partnership or Public Service hosted the 23rd annual Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. This year’s ceremony—livestreamed through Cox Media’s YurView platform—recognized 25 outstanding individuals and teams working in 20 different agencies and subcomponents. Fittingly, the...

Abraham Amaya September 12, 2024

Leadership and Collaboration

Level up your leadership game: 5 tips for federal employees

There are infinite ways to become an effective leader, so much so that it can feel daunting to know where t...

Evy Vannoy August 14, 2024

Customer Experience

Insights from the Customer Experience Organization Design Roundtable Series

America is at an inflection point, with public trust in government continuing its overall decline since the...

Sahil Singh September 3, 2024

Workforce

Not too different: Almost one-half of Americans say people like them work in the federa...

The demographics of the 2 million civil servants who work in the federal workforce are fairly representativ...

Paul Hitlin September 26, 2024

Government Effectiveness

Breaking down the recent memo on improving the federal hiring process

On Aug. 14, the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management issued a long-antici...

Ross Apter September 25, 2024

Fed Figures

Recent trends in quits and retirements in the federal workforce

The Partnership for Public Service recently examined attrition in the federal workforce over a five year pe...

Kennedy Teel, Will Cohen September 4, 2024

Fed Figures

Partnership research unveils latest federal workforce trends in two mission-support fields

Federal information technology and human resources employees are critical to ensuring our government has th...

Kennedy Teel, Olivia Sanchez August 21, 2024

Workforce

Two-thirds of the public sees a job in the federal government as a good way to serve th...

A national survey conducted by the Partnership for Public Service in the spring of 2024 found that 65% of U...

Paul Hitlin July 29, 2024

Workforce

To telework or not to telework—that is the business case question

Centuries ago, Hamlet asked, “To be or not to be?” These days, the question on the mind of every organizati...

Abbi Fine June 18, 2024

Workforce

Learn more about the Federal Advisor Certificate Program

The Federal Advisor Certificate Program is a seven-week course designed to provide higher education profess...

Li Chen Chen May 29, 2024

Workforce

A look back at the Partnership’s inaugural conference for federal human capital p...

When the federal human capital community told us that they lacked a convening for practitioners, we answere...

Rachel Klein-Kircher May 28, 2024

Workforce

Young people want to make a difference but misconceptions and barriers to entry keep th...

A recent Partnership for Public Service survey suggests that federal careers are natural fits for members o...

Stephanie Sonkin May 22, 2024

Workforce

Reflections on the impact of our Federal Advisor Certificate Program

In different student services roles at various higher education institutions, I have supported students sea...

Danica Harootian March 26, 2024