This online service from the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) allows federal employees to submit forms and interact with the Office using a secure, flexible platform.
The official handbook of the federal government. This special edition of the Federal Register is currently updated to provide comprehensive and authoritative descriptions of the programs and activities of the legislative, judicial and executive branches. The government manual also includes information about quasi-official agencies, international organizations with U.S. membership and federal boards, commissions and committees.
On March 31, 2014, Partnership President and CEO Max Stier testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs about the management challenges facing our federal government.
In his testimony, Stier applauded the work that OMB is doing to improve government management and offered several ways in which Congress could augment these efforts. Specifically, Stier urged Congress to reduce the number of vacancies in critical management positions, focus on oversight of policy and programs before there is a problem, hold agency leaders accountable for managing people well and reform the civil service system. Stier also talked about the importance of treating government as a single enterprise and developing and managing career executives who serve as enterprise-wide assets.
On December 12, 2013, Partnership President and CEO Max Stier testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security on employee morale at the Department of Homeland Security.
This Sourcebook of U.S. Executive Agencies is published by the Administrative Conference of the United States. It catalogs the executive branch including information on agency structural characteristics, their place in the executive branch and how their features influence political control and performance.
The National Academy of Public Administration published a guidebook that is intended to serve as a one-stop source of information every prospective nominee would need to know about taking one of the near-1,000 full-time presidential-appointed positions across the Executive Branch that requires Senate confirmation (PAS positions).
Every four years, just after the presidential election, the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the Plum Book, is published, alternately, by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
As of June 30, 2012, this publication contains over 8,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment (e.g., positions such as agency heads and their immediate subordinates, policy executives and advisors and aides who report to these officials). The duties of many such positions may involve advocacy of administration policies and programs and the incumbents usually have a close and confidential working relationship with the agency head or other key officials.
Slide deck prepared by Harvard professor, Roger Porter explaining different models for organizing the White House and evaluating the merits of each approach for a potential Romney administration.
A position description template detailing the roles and responsibilities of a position. The template also includes a position’s reporting structure, management scope and strategic goals.
This timeline provides a high level overview of the process and timeline for selecting, vetting, and confirming nominees.