Partnership for Public Service releases 2016 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings, revealing the next administration faces a substantial challenge in improving federal employee engagement to meet best in class private sector standards

WASHINGTON – The nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service today released the 2016 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® rankings that show a 1.3-point rise in federal employee engagement compared to 2015, for a score of 59.4 out of 100. This builds on last year’s 1.2-point increase, but still leaves the government well short of its all-time best score of 65.0 in 2010 and lagging far behind the private sector when it comes to how employees view their jobs and workplaces.