Partnership for Public Service
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When it comes to organizational complexity, the federal government makes General Motors look like a lemonade stand. Each department, agency, bureau, branch, office and program seems to have its own people, agenda and policies. But for the next administration, it'll be beneficial to look at the government as an integrated whole. Mallory Barg Bullman, director of research at the Partnership for Public Service, explains why on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
September 21, 2016 -
Envisioning a significant change or program outcome in a federal bureaucracy might be easy, but getting it done can seem impossible. But not to the Sammies people.
September 21, 2016 -
The Partnership for Public Service presented the 2016 Service to America Medals at a gala ceremony Tuesday night.
September 20, 2016 -
You might not want to sample cookies before they come out of the oven. But when it comes to hiring soon-to-be college graduates, you might not want to wait until they get their diplomas to begin the dialog. By then the best ones might already be taken. Tim McManus, vice president for education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, shares more on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
September 14, 2016 -
The next president's management agenda will be key in helping the new administration deliver on its agency priorities next year. The Partnership for Public Service offered a four-pronged road map to develop an implementation plan on the next president's agency and policy priorities.
September 14, 2016 -
Whether there's a presidential transition or not, agency leaders need to maintain a respectful and open dialogue with their Office of Inspector General.
September 08, 2016 -
For incoming politicals of the new administration, building a good working relationship with their inspector general is an opportunity to avoid early pitfalls in getting acclimated and improve the effectiveness of their organizations over the coming years.
September 08, 2016 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the White House releases this year's Federal Agency Strategic Sustainability Plans, providing a snapshot of the progress agencies have made becoming more environmentally friendly.
September 08, 2016 -
New data from the Office of Personnel Management shows that 93 percent of the people hired through the Pathways program intend to stay in government, and the programs are responsible for 35,000 new hires since 2012. Tim McManus, the vice president for education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service talked with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the new report. He says they show agencies are beginning to use the Pathways programs as they were originally intended.
August 31, 2016 -
The next president, in order to hit the ground running during his or her first 100 days, will need a strategy for keeping the federal workforce's innovation projects from losing momentum.
August 17, 2016 -
Some agencies are capitalizing on interactions with trending people and topics to gain a widespread exposure on social media.
August 17, 2016 -
Hongwei Hsiao is chief of the protective technology branch at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. His work has made a big difference in worker safety. Now it's earned him designation as a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. He joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about his work.
August 12, 2016 -
When it comes to presidential transition plans at federal agencies, career federal employees say their managers aren't doing enough to keep them in the loop.
August 10, 2016 -
If you're going to nationalize what was once in the private sector, you should at least give good customer service. That's what the Education Department is trying to do with the college student loan program with its complicated rules and procedures. Mallory Barg Bulman, director of research at the Partnership for Public Service, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer her insight.
August 10, 2016 -
When Dr. Allen Wilcox joined the National Institutes of Health 37 years ago fresh out of medical school, the research area of reproductive epidemiology was essentially a blank slate. But in the decades since, his groundbreaking studies on fertility, pregnancy and reproduction have come to define the field. Wilcox is a finalist in the career achievement category for the 2016 Service to America medals. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin, he talked about his work with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu, including an ongoing study trying to understand the causes of Cerebral Palsy.
August 05, 2016