Category: Institutional Partner News
Institutional Partner News
July 18, 2019
The Winner of the 2019 Sammies People’s Choice Award Is …
Congratulations to Robert Cabana and the Kennedy Space Center Senior Management Team on winning the 2019 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals People’s Choice Award! As the country celebrates the historic 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, it’s fitting that we should honor this team for the work they’ve done. By transforming the historic Kennedy Space […]
Institutional Partner News
July 12, 2019
Alice Rivlin: A Patriot Who Championed Good Government
Alice Rivlin’s death on May 14 may have gone unnoticed in some circles amid news of Trump tariffs, the banning of facial-recognition technology in San Francisco, and reports of financial irregularities at the National Rifle Association. Even the next day’s New York Times obituary page did not carry her death as its lead story, as comedian Tim […]
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 […]
Institutional Partner News
July 12, 2019
In an Astonishing Turn, George Soros and Charles Koch Team Up to End US ‘Forever War’ Policy
Besides being billionaires and spending much of their fortunes to promote pet causes, the leftist financier George Soros and the right-wing Koch brothers have little in common. They could be seen as polar opposites. Soros is an old-fashioned New Deal liberal. The Koch brothers are fire-breathing right-wingers who dream of cutting taxes and dismantling government. […]
Institutional Partner News
July 12, 2019
Agile Problem Solving in Government
The Opportunity Project (TOP), a program hosted by the U.S. Census Bureau at the U.S. Department of Commerce, has for several years served as a catalyst in adapting agile techniques to solve complex agency mission problems, through a process that brings together agencies, industry, and citizens. TOP works with Federal government agencies to identify significant […]
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 […]
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, […]
Institutional Partner News
April 9, 2019
Federal Leaders Share Workforce, Acquisitions Updates on PMA Anniversary
Marking the one-year anniversary of the President’s Management Agenda to modernize and streamline the federal government, leaders from the executive office are steadfast in working toward several initiatives in workforce recruitment and acquisition processes, with further updates still to come. “IT modernization is something that everyone knows is important. The technology is awful,” remarked Margaret Weichert, […]
Institutional Partner News
February 20, 2019
Government For The Future: A View of Things to Come, Drawing on Perspectives of Things Past
Editor’s note: The following first appeared on the IBM Center for The Business of Government website on February 4, 2019. Last week marked the final installment in the IBM Center’s multipart series outlining key findings from our recent book, Government For The Future: Reflection and Vision for Tomorrow’s Leaders. In developing this book, we set out […]
Institutional Partner News
February 20, 2019
2018 Arthur S. Flemming Awards Nominations Deadline Extended!
Due to the government shutdown, the deadline for nominations for the GW Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration’s Arthur S. Flemming Awards has been extended to February 28th, 2019. Learn more about the awards honoring outstanding public servants, and submit your nominations: https://tspppa.gwu.edu/arthur-s-flemming-awards