FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 31, 2009
Contact: Samantha Donaldson
202-775-9111

PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE APPLAUDS REPS. DAVID PRICE AND MICHAEL CASTLE FOR INTRODUCING THE “ROOSEVELT SCHOLARS ACT OF 2009”

Washington, D.C. – Partnership for Public Service President and CEO Max Stier released the following statement commending Reps. David Price (D-NC) and Michael Castle (R-DE) for introducing the Roosevelt Scholars Act of 2009, legislation that creates an elite graduate school scholarship program with a unique payback – a commitment to serve our country in mission-critical federal jobs.

“We applaud Representatives Price and Castle for their leadership in introducing the Roosevelt Scholars Act of 2009. In the coming years, the federal government needs to fill more than 200,000 mission-critical jobs. Similar to the military’s largely successful ROTC program, Roosevelt Scholars will help make federal service a more affordable and attractive career option for our nation’s top talent. It also helps our government build and improve the caliber of the federal workforce.”

The Roosevelt Scholars Act will establish a small nonprofit foundation to manage the scholarship program and award scholarships to graduate students. Recipients will receive tuition, support for room and board, and a small stipend for each year they are enrolled in graduate degree programs consistent with a list of approved mission-critical occupations such as law, security and enforcement, public health, science, engineering and accounting. Upon graduation, Roosevelt Scholars will be required to spend three to five years working in the federal civil service.

The Partnership for Public Service works to revitalize the federal government by inspiring a new generation to serve and by transforming the way government works. Visit ourpublicservice.org/roosevelt for more information.

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