Congress enacted the first coronavirus relief bill one year ago. How has the money been spent? One year after Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, we examined how the funds have been spent. In an event co-hosted with the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention, and Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Administration, discussed how the emergency bill benefited the public. Read More
Five best practices to improve your strategic planning process To help agencies develop their 2022-2026 strategic plans, the Partnership for Public Service and Grant Thornton are hosting a three-part workshop series with strategic planners from across the federal government. We share five takeaways from the first two sessions that agencies should keep in mind when designing and implementing their strategic plans. Read More
Pride in government: The LGBTQ+ community and the federal workforce In honor of Pride Month, we are looking at the struggle and success of LGBTQ individuals in the federal workforce. In 80 years, with advancements and backslides, the federal government has transitioned from discriminating against LGBTQ+ employees to protecting their rights. Read More
How leadership development participants achieve results in government Participants in our leadership development programs are tasked with tackling a complex issue facing our country and asked to develop, pitch—and in many cases implement—a solution. We explore two recent projects focused on using tech savviness to make health care safer and using evidence-based decision-making to address mental health support for federal employees. Read More
Burt Barnow on walking the path from professor to policy advisor Burt Barnow, former director of the Office of Research and Evaluation at the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and a current professor of policy and economics at George Washington University, spoke with us about his time working in public service and the benefits a career in government can offer recent graduates. Read More
Announcing the Partnership’s Research Advisory Council To ensure that our research is relevant, accessible and effective, the Partnership has brought together a group of experts from the public, private and nonprofit sectors to form a Research Advisory Council. Read More
These federal agencies are getting employee engagement and satisfaction right More than 150 agency leaders, federal employees, congressional staff and private sector leaders attended the 2021 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government awards breakfast at the National Press Club in downtown Washington, D.C., to celebrate the top-ranked and most improved agencies. Read More
Workplace experience of federal employees living with disabilities Recently, we hosted a LinkedIn Live panel discussion, “Disability Inclusion and Accommodation in the Federal Government.” This blog post further explores this topic and provides tips for agency leaders to improve the workplace experience of people with disabilities using insights from the 2021 Best Places to Work rankings. Read More
