Partnership for Public Service
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In less than a year, a new president will take the oath of office. Tim McManus, vice president for education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the Presidential Transitions Improvement Act, which is designed to make transitions go more smoothly.
March 30, 2016 -
Federal Drive with Tom Temin discusses the annual Employee Viewpoint Survey and its implications with Mallory Barg Bulman, reseach director for the Partnership for Public Servic
March 23, 2016 -
The next president, whoever it is, could help forge a more enterprise-like government with a strong focus on management. The Partnership for Public service and the IBM Center for the Business of Government hosted roundtable discussions on this topic. Dan Chenok, executive director at the IBM Center, provides all the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 21, 2016 -
The House Veterans Affairs Committee is considering legislation to give the VA secretary the authority to set pay and performance appraisals for medical directors. It also includes several provisions that are designed to help the VA attract and hire more doctors and nurses.
March 17, 2016 -
Federal agencies are unable to share their assessments of job candidates with one another. It's no way to run a 2 million-person personnel system, Tim McManus, vice president of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 16, 2016 -
The new version of Circular A-123 is coming out soon. Mallory Barg Bulman, research director at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what new financial control guidance the policy document will contain.
March 11, 2016 -
If the President's budget request for 2017 prevails, a 1.5 percent jump in the federal workforce would mean another 30,000 or 35,000 new people. Tim McManus, vice president of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin agencies can keep their HR staff from overheating.
March 04, 2016 -
The Merit Systems Protection Board processed nearly 30,000 cases in fiscal 2015, a 63 percent increase over 2014, according to an annual report.
March 03, 2016 -
John Palguta of the Partnership for Public Service has a command of the technical and legal complexities of federal employment. But he also has a feel for the human realities of being a public servant.
February 29, 2016 -
John Palguta spent 34 years in the federal government, before retiring as a member of the Senior Executive Service and director of policy at the Merit Systems Protection Board. For the last 16 years, he as been vice president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service. He talked to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about his last day on the job.
February 25, 2016 -
Mallory Barg Bulman, research director at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, career federal managers can still make a difference no matter when the next election is scheduled.
February 24, 2016 -
A new report on customer service details gap between agencies' and citizens' perceptions, and challenges to improvement.
February 24, 2016 -
A court ruling says OPM acting Director Beth Cobert shouldn't be allowed to serve in her role. The administration continues to stand by its nomination. Political pundits say the legal disagreement is the least of the worries when it comes to the political appointee process.
February 24, 2016 -
A report from the Partnership for Public Service and Accenture Federal Services found that data, governance, communication and engagement, and workforce management are the biggest challenges for government agencies trying to improve customer service.
February 23, 2016 -
Charles Dickens might have described federal customer service as the best and worst. When it's good it ranks up with the best in the private sector. But too often, federal customer service is terrible. Now the Partnership for Public Service and Accenture Federal Services team up to help. They polled agencies with high transaction volumes to discover whether agency managers consider themselves on board with a customer centered approach. Kathy Conrad, director of Digital Government at Accenture, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more detail.
February 23, 2016