Yes, it’s that time again. The Presidential Management Fellows application process is officially open for the 2012 application year. Here’s a very quick rundown of how to determine if you are eligible and what to expect. At the end of this article are the other great resources available on the web. I will be happyRead… Read more »
It’s almost that time of year again, folks. A couple of days ago, the PMF Program Office announced its anticipated application schedule for the 2012 cycle. Under current regulation, students must be completing a graduate degree between September 1, 2011, and August 31, 2012, to be eligible to apply. (This means, of course, that weRead… Read more »
This is the slow season in the life of a blog like this, but occasionally things do happen that are worth noting. Before getting to the big stuff, though, I figure it’s worth providing a quick update. First, I should point out that there are 327 listed PMF hires to date. I have no ideaRead… Read more »
If you are a 2011 PMF finalist, please take the time to fill out this survey. I am collecting this information to get an idea of how effective the job fair was, and some information about the placement rates and geographic distribution of finalist appointments. If your information changes, go ahead and submit a newRead… Read more »
Since I didn’t want to post three new (short) posts in succession, I figured I would lump these together. Anyway most of you are probably either in DC already or in various stages of arrival, so I want to keep this brief and to the point. First, of course, there is the job fair. ARead… Read more »
[Update 2/12/2011: By popular request, I have also formatted this for CSV/Excel: http://pmfellow.kodingen.com/scripts/getcsv.php The format is slightly different and includes is_vet, which is a field denoting whether the finalist is/was a veteran.] Here is another quick update to let you know that I have made available all of the finalists data from 2009-2011, in JavaScriptRead… Read more »
A number of you have been speculating about what would happen if Congress and the President cannot work out an agreeable budget for the rest of the fiscal year and annual appropriations lapse. Specifically, you have been wondering about the status of this year’s PMF job fair. Today, OPM has released some information that youRead… Read more »
[Also posted here] I spent a good deal of time gathering and sifting through the lists of 2011 semifinalists and finalists, cleaning up school names and gathering latitude and longitude information for each of the schools I saw represented in the data sets. At present, I have not had a chance to do the sameRead… Read more »
[Also posted here] Now that the 2011 Presidential Management Fellows finalist list is out, the 850 of you who made it will be wondering whether or not to attend the upcoming PMF job fair, currently scheduled for April 19-21 (the venue is still undecided, but in the past it’s been hosted at the Walter E.Read… Read more »
[Also posted here] [Update 1: There were 850 finalists this year. Last year there were 869.] [Update 2: The list is now posted at http://www.pmf.gov/become-a-pmf/current-finalists.aspx, so if you haven’t gotten your email yet, go check the list out.] The finalists for the 2011 Presidential Management Fellows program have begun to receive their notifications. At present,Read… Read more »