Laura Illig, founder and CEO of Sidekick, recently joined the Public Eye podcast to talk about the Sidekick app, which promotes social well-being in the workplace, why social wellness is so important to a healthy workforce, (and moreover, the public sector workforce) and the relationship between social health and mental and physical health.

Created to help job seekers with federal experience find opportunities within state and local government organizations, Work for America's free Civic Match hiring platform is now open to any job seeker seeking state and local government career opportunities, regardless of whether they possess any government experience.

Shifra Goldenberg, WFA's chief program officer, recently joined the Public Eye podcast to talk about this expansion, and what it means for the job seekers and government agencies utilizing the Civic Match platform.

Gerald Young, senior researcher at MissionSquare Research Institute, recently joined the Public Eye podcast to discuss findings from the 2026 State and Local Government Workforce Survey.

Gerald was the lead researcher on the 2026 survey, which PSHRA, MissionSquare and the National Association of State Personnel Executives (NASPE) have partnered to conduct annually since 2009.

As always, this year's survey sheds light on the biggest trends and developments in public sector HR at the moment, and Gerald shared his unique insight into some of the key findings!