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THE PARTNERSHIP IS HIRING

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MAKING THE DIFFERENCE
Americans need effective government. Every day, we rely on our federal government to deliver vital services, and emerging challenges such as the threat of terrorism and globalization intensify the need for our government to act on the most pressing problems facing our nation.
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PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL REPORT FY 2008
The economic crisis, like no other story, validates the importance of the Partnership's mission to improve government performance and reminds us that, in times of national crisis, we turn to our federal government for solutions.

And, while the economy is highlighting the need for effective government, the 2008 election and subsequent transition are shining a spotlight on another core tenet of our mission: the need to attract a new generation into public service.

This annual report illustrates why our mission has never been more relevant and how our organization has never been better positioned to drive real change in government. It outlines everything we are doing to take advantage of these opportunities and to capture the energy surrounding government today.
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“THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST”
Chronicle for Philanthropy CoverThe Partnership for Public Service and its founders, Samuel J. Heyman and Ronnie Heyman, are profiled in the premier philanthropy publication The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
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Important Washington Post Editorial Supports OMB Hiring Efforts

Today's lead Washington Post editorial commends OMB for taking steps to improve our federal government's hiring morass. Please read "The Memo That Roared" and post your feedback on The Washington Post's Web site. 

Opinion: The Memo That Roared - OPM Dictates Much-Needed Changes for the Federal Hiring Process»

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Dec. 2008 "The Federal Government's Broken Hiring Process" Commentary by Max Stier »

Opinion: The Flow-Chart Fallacy

In an exclusive commentary for The Washington Post, Partnership for Public Service President and CEO Max Stier discusses the need to place greater focus on the quality of senior leadership rather than the structural organization of federal agencies when working to solve government's problems.

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On May 20, the Partnership released the 2009 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government. The rankings released today evaluate employee satisfaction across government in 278 federal agencies and subcomponents. Overall, employee satisfaction is up 2.4 percent, from 61.8 to 63.3, with 71 percent of agencies improving their Best Places to Work index score since the last rankings in 2007.

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2009 Service to America Medals Finalists Announced

On May 6, federal employees from across the countrywere honored as finalists for the 2009 Service to America Medals.

Their stories illustrate the dedication of federal workers across America who do extraordinary work. This year’s 30 finalists include public servants who boast achievements in fields including alternative energy, home foreclosure relief, physics, medical research, hubble science, the presidential transition, homelessness, the prosecution of terrorists and international development.

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Survey Finds College Students More Interested in Federal Jobs

A survey by the Partnership for Public Service confirms what has been reported anecdotally in recent months: a surge of student interest in the federal government, driven by widespread unemployment in the private sector and by a call to service by President Obama.

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Opinion: 600,000 Bad Hires? Making Federal Jobs Cool Once Again

The Washington Post Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt discusses how the federal government must seize two critical opportunities: to better serve as a good steward of its dedicated civil workforce and to attract talented young people now interested in public service.

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Annenberg Leadership Institute Launches Two-Day Seminars

The Partnership is proud to announce an addition to our leadership training portfolio: the intensive, two-day Annenberg Leadership Institute Seminars will develop participants’ leadership skills through the real-life application of classroom lessons. In 2009, we will offer six Seminars in three topic areas: Managing Across Levels, Motivating and Leading People, and Driving Innovation. All of our classes focus on translating classroom lessons into improved employee performance.

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The Partnership for Public Service is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to revitalize our federal government by inspiring a new generation to serve and by transforming the way government works.

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Leaving Talent on the Table: The Need to Capitalize on High Performing Student Interns

"Leaving Talent on the Table: The Need to Capitalize on High Performing Student Interns" focuses on ways to leverage student interns as a strategic component of workforce planning, recruitment and hiring at the entry levels.

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information Timely Hiring of Top Talent: Tools for Today, Strategies for the Future

Registration Required
Date: June 30, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Please join the Partnership for Public Service, Aon Consulting and Deloitte Consulting for a special complimentary workshop on Timely Hiring of Top Talent: Tools for Today; Strategies for the Future. The workshop will introduce tools and metrics that can be used to monitor the effectiveness of your hiring effort and offers attendees opportunities to participate in small group sessions with agency leaders to maximize learning opportunities. Please RSVP by June 25.
Partnership Contact: Sally Jaggar

information Evening of Excellence: What It Takes to Change Government

Registration Required
Date: July 8, 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton offer a great opportunity to learn from three of the most successful public service leaders from the past two administrations. Drawing from their experiences, the panelists will discuss ways to change government now and the techniques that differentiate successful leaders from the rest. The conversation will focus on financial industry regulation and national security reform, and participants will be encouraged to ask questions as part of the discussion.
Partnership Contact: Chris Wingo

information Public Service Career and Internship Fair

Date: July 16, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The Partnership for Public Service will be hosting its annual Public Service Career and Internship Fair on July 16, 2009 from 3:00-7:00 p.m. at the National Building Museum. Last year's fair brought together 67 federal agencies and 3,000 students and young professionals to promote government career and internship opportunities, and we anticipate an even larger crowd this year! We encourage agencies to register before June 19th to receive a discounted rate for this event. The last day to sign up is July 3rd.
Partnership Contact: Jenn Close
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information Annenberg Leadership Institute Seminar: Driving Innovation

Registration Required
Date: July 23 - 24
The intensive, two-day Annenberg Leadership Institute Seminars develop participants’ leadership skills through the real-life application of classroom lessons. Today's government employees must accomplish more than ever before, with increasingly limited resources. To meet this challenge, public servants must rethink the way they do business. This seminar will teach GS-12 to GS-14 employees a new approach to driving innovation and winning support for their ideas.
Partnership Contact: Laura Howes
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For more information about our events, please contact events@ourpublicservice.org or call (202) 775-9111.