About Us and Our Partners
The Partnership for Public Service and the Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation (ISPPI) at American University are nonprofit, nonpartisan organizations committed to promoting public service and fostering excellence in the federal government. To that end, the Partnership and ISPPI joined forces to create the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® rankings.
Partnership for Public Service
The Partnership for Public Service is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that works to revitalize the federal government by inspiring a new generation to serve and by transforming the way government works.
The Partnership:
- Raises awareness and helps improve public attitudes about government service.
- Promotes government service through outreach to college campuses and jobseekers.
- Provides hands-on assistance to federal agencies to improve their operations.
- Advocates for needed legislative and regulatory reforms to strengthen the civil service.
- Generates thought-provoking research on, and effective responses to, the workforce challenges facing the federal government.
Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation
The Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation (ISPPI) at American University (AU) conducts research and facilitates dialogue among stakeholders in the public policy implementation process, including members of Congress, political appointees, career executives, union leaders, academics and consultants. Along with AU's Key Executive Leadership Programs, ISPPI focuses on increasing the capacity of public sector leaders. ISPPI is part of the American University’s School of Public Affairs, which offers education on the graduate, undergraduate and executive levels in public administration, public policy, political science, organization development, and justice.
Our Partners
Hay Group
Hay Group is a global human resources consulting firm specializing in employee and customer survey research, leadership development, compensation, change management, and benefits and compensation. Hay Group consults with more than 7,000 clients throughout the world, including more than 50 percent of the firms in the Fortune 1000. In the public sector, Hay Group clients include virtually all branches and departments of the federal government, and hundreds of state and local government agencies.
Hay Group Insight, Hay Group's survey research division, has partnered with more than 4,000 organizations over the past 33 years to design and implement leading-edge employee and customer survey programs, including many of the World's and America's Most Admired Companies (as identified by Hay’s research with Fortune Magazine). Through customized survey programs, Hay Group Insight helps organizations increase employee engagement and effectiveness, retain top talent, enhance customer satisfaction and improve operating efficiency. Hay Group Insight maintains norms allowing benchmark comparisons to U.S. organizations overall, industry norms, and high performing companies that many clients use to track progress in achieving best-in-class levels.
The Best Places to Work rankings — the most comprehensive and authoritative rating of employee satisfaction and commitment in the federal government — are produced by the Partnership for Public Service and American University's Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation (ISPPI).
