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If your agency runs a leadership development curriculum that feeds the Senior Executive Service, it is teaching to a model that no longer exists. The

In the most recent governmentwide Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, federal employees rated their immediate supervisors at 81% positive. They rated their senior leaders at 63%.

Federal agencies face a unique constellation of challenges when implementing organizational change. Unlike private sector organizations that can pivot quickly in response to market conditions,

The argument about measurement is over For most of the last two decades, whether to measure leadership development was an agency preference. Program managers who

The requirement tightened exactly as the comparison came apart Two things happened to federal training evaluation in 2026, and they pull in opposite directions. The

The governmentwide federal employee survey was cancelled, then decentralized, then cut nearly in half. Here is what that means for federal workforce management — and

Section 508 training compliance is a legal requirement, a procurement standard, and — when taken seriously — a quality indicator for the learning experience itself.

What Makes SDVOSB Sole Source Awards Different Most federal contract awards go through some form of competition. But sole source awards — where the contracting

Leadership development in the federal government is not the same as leadership development in the private sector. That distinction sounds obvious, but it is routinely

Federal agencies spend millions each year on workforce training, leadership development, and organizational consulting — but the path from need to contract award can be

The federal FAC-COR training market has no shortage of providers. OMB maintains a list of approved vendors, and the catalog covers everything from large training