Month: June 2019
Institutional Partner News
June 24, 2019
PPS Releases Public Service Leadership Model
This week, the Partnership for Public Service released the Public Service Leadership Model, which identifies the core values leaders must prioritize, and the critical competencies they must master to achieve their agencies’ missions and desired impact. The model identifies four key leadership competencies that government leaders can use to best serve our country in the […]
Fellows in the News
June 16, 2019
RFG Fellow Tom Babington Quoted in The Washington Post on Trump’s Global Effort to Help Women in Developing World
Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the president and a senior White House adviser, announced a new global effort [in February] to help 50 million women in the developing world by 2025. “This new initiative will for the first time coordinate America’s commitment to one of the most undervalued resources in the developing world — the […]
Fellows in the News
June 16, 2019
West Working in Netherlands on Energy Transition for Industry
Kira West (UMD, Class of 2012) is beginning work as a researcher studying the energy transition for the industrial sector at the Energy Research Center of the Organization for Applied Scientific Research in the Netherlands. The institution is funded by the Dutch government, and has a public-service oriented mission of creating innovation to benefit society in a […]
Institutional Partner News
June 16, 2019
Maxwell School Ranks Number One for Public Affairs in 2020
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University is once again ranked #1 in the nation for graduate education in public affairs, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report reputational survey. This year, the Maxwell School shares the #1 ranking with Indiana University Bloomington. Maxwell has consistently ranked among the […]
Fellows in the News
June 16, 2019
RFG Fellow Tucker Boyce to Tour Europe on Nuclear Safeguards
Tucker Boyce (UMD, Class of 2020) was selected to participate in the International Nuclear Facilities Experience program, which is funded by a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) grant to Texas A&M University and Argonne National Laboratory. He will travel to Europe for the program with a group of graduate students and national laboratory employees. Their […]
Impact Stories
June 16, 2019
RFG Fellow Kyle Fowler Honored by National Nuclear Security Administration
Kyle Fowler (Bush, Class of 2015) has been awarded the DOE NNSA 2019 Linton F. Brooks Medal for Dedication to Public Service. He was one of two early-career National Nuclear Security Administration employees to receive this award.
Institutional Partner News
June 12, 2019
Government’s Core Staffing Problem: Inflexible Pay Systems
A recent National Association of State Chief Administrators report concludes that “as the public and private sectors battle for talent, government is falling too far behind in preparing for the workforce of the future.” One statistic from the NASCA report suggests that the public sector is already well along the way to losing that battle: Since 2013, […]
Impact Stories
June 9, 2019
Announcing the 2019 Service to America Medals Finalists
From pathbreaking scientists to tenacious human rights advocates, meet the outstanding federal employees who are addressing the country's greatest challenges. Meet the finalists, read the press release, and vote for the People's Choice award.