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How can the federal government develop an innovative, scalable and competitive shared services marketplace? That’s what the Shared Services Roundtable, a community of private and federal stakeholders dedicated to improving the state of shared services in government, examined in the new report, “Building a Shared Services Marketplace.”
In the Partnership’s issue brief, we surveyed, with assistance from the Office of Personnel Management, members of the Presidential Management Fellows class of 2011 after completing their two-year fellowships to assess the program’s strengths and weaknesses as well as participants’ satisfaction with their supervisors and rotational and work assignments.
The Partnership for Public Service established the Shared Services Roundtable, a community of private and federal stakeholders dedicated to improving the state of shared services in government and making recommendations for the development of an innovative, scalable and competitive shared services marketplace. Participants in the Roundtable meet monthly to draft policy recommendations, create implementation guidelines and propose best practices for establishing and managing a shared services marketplace. This is a brief overview of the Roundtable’s primary recommendations.
In this report the Partnership for Public Service and Accenture highlight lessons learned from federal initiatives that have simplified and streamlined the process of interacting with the government by implementing a customer-centered approach to digital services.
Communication from agency leadership can have a significant impact on employee attitudes toward their jobs and workplaces. But according to a new Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® analysis from the Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte, communicating effectively and motivating employees is a challenge for many leaders, with only half of the federal workforce satisfied with the level of communication from senior leaders and managers.
The Partnership for Public Service and Grant Thornton LLP surveyed 60 chief human capital officers and agency HR leaders regarding the challenges facing the federal workforce. The report also includes recommendations from these leaders for rebuilding and strengthening the federal workforce.
Partnership President and CEO, Max Stier, testified before the Senate Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal Workforce on the state of the federal workforce.
According to a new Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® analysis from the Partnership for Public Service, Deloitte and the Hay Group, innovation in government is on the decline.
In our new Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® analysis, the Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte examined this issue and created staff/manager alignment scores for agencies.