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

American University’s Public Sector Executive Education program is composed of the Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation (ISPPI) and the Key Executive Leadership MPA and Certificate programs. ISPPI conducts research and facilitates dialogue among the critical stakeholders in the public policy implementation process: members of Congress, political appointees, career executives, union leaders, academics and consultants. The Key Executive Leadership MPA and Certificate Programs focus on increasing leadership capacity among public sector leaders. The Public Sector Executive Education program is part of the American University’s School of Public Affairs which offers public affairs education in the graduate, undergraduate and executive levels in the fields of public administration, public policy, political science, 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 over 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 32 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 our research with Fortune Magazine). Through customized survey programs, Hay Group Insight helps organizations increase employee engagement and effectiveness, retain top talent, enhance customer satisfaction, improve operating efficiency, and so forth. 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.

 

TMP Government
TMP Government, a  wholly owned subsidiary of TMP Worldwide,  the world’s largest independent recruitment advertising agency and a top 40 digital agency (Ad Age, May 2009), develops total communications programs exclusively for government, contractors and associations. As a federal outreach specialist, interactive powerhouse and a marketing communications expert, TMP Government helps clients reach their target audiences, distinguish their offerings and communicate their messages with relevance and results. For example, TMP recently supported one federal agency in rolling out a significant communications campaign in less than 100 days. Similarly a major military customer established an employer brand identity through a multi-pronged approach including television, radio, interactive media, outdoors media, print advertising and brochures. Most important, TMP Government is committed to serving the government community with today’s best in strategic communications.

 

 

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