The Partnership for Public Service is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Washington, D.C. whose mission is to inspire a new generation of civil servants and to transform the way government works.
Blog posts report on recommendations for federal agencies, common issues in government effectiveness, Partnership events and initiatives, and general announcements.
[12] The Partnership also publishes annual progress reports, informative resources, leadership models, guidebooks, such as the 2020 Presidential Transition Guide,[13] congressional testimonies, such as CEO Max Stier's written testimony for the National Commission on Military, National and Public Service,[14] and commentaries such as the Partnership's statement on GSA ascertainment.
The Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals program, otherwise known as "The Sammies", was established in 2002 and honors outstanding federal employees who have made significant contributions to address the country's most daunting challenges.
[6] Named for the Partnership for Public Service’s late founder Samuel J. Heyman, who was inspired by President Kennedy’s call to serve in 1963, these awards align with his vision of a dynamic and innovative federal workforce that meets the needs of the American people.
[18] The highly rigorous selection process convenes national leaders representing government, business, entertainment, media, and the non-profit/foundation community.
The podcast was created to inform the public about the importance of a robust transition effort educate listeners on what needs to happen before a president takes office or starts a second term.
The annual Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings are produced by the Partnership for Public Service and Boston Consulting Group.
The rankings seek to hold government leadership 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.
It needs a rich pool of mission-oriented federal employees skilled in supporting both state and local governments and building new cross-sector networks.
These sponsors included some of the nation's leading accounting-and-consulting firms, investment banks, defense contractors, and others with heavy involvement with—and/or regulatory sensitivity to—federal and state governments.
In 2009, the Partnership and Booz Allen Hamilton collaborated to produce reports analyzing the challenges facing the federal cybersecurity workforce[35] and examining the state of the Senior Executive Service.
[37] In a second collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton in 2014, the Partnership published a report entitled "Building the Enterprise: A New Civil Service Framework," which calls for major reforms to the federal government's decades-old civil service system and lays out a plan to modernize areas that include the outdated pay and hiring policies.