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PCG’s Manager Tony Ong Presented at November Webinar

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way public sector organizations in the United States need to function, as they have had to transition to remote platforms to stay safe while, simultaneously, the needs of the communities they serve have increased significantly. According to the Pew Research Cent...

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NASA Selects PCG and Partners to Receive Grant for Developing STEM Content for Schools

[Boston, MA] December 3, 2020 – Public Consulting Group, Inc. (PCG), a leading provider of solutions implementation and operations improvement services to the public sector, is pleased to announce that Project Ianos has been selected by NASA as the recipient of a one-year grant to ignite curiosity a...

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PCG Director Shares Expert Insights with MoneyGeek

In the weeks leading up to the election, to stress the important role voters play in financial decision-making at the state, local, and even federal levels, the personal finance experts at MoneyGeek turned their attention to states’ financial health and dependence on the Federal Government. In the w...

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U.S. Supreme Court to Take Up Appeal on Work Requirements in Medicaid Program

On Friday, December 4, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of the Trump administration’s attempted plan to require work requirements in the Medicaid program. On Friday, December 4, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of the Trump administration’s attempted plan to...

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Three reasons apprenticeships are a “win” for workforce development

With record unemployment numbers and economic uncertainty due to COVID-19, policymakers and industry executives are trying to navigate ways to keep business moving while taking care of their constituents with meaningful, competitive jobs. Apprenticeship programs remain a key component of that strate...

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Increasing Our Focus on Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship Programs

Since the Great Recession in 2008, Public Consulting Group (PCG) has been partnering with clients to design and pioneer federally-funded, national-leading workforce development programs. With rising student debt and industry concern about available competitive talent, federal workforce policymakers ...

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‘Back-to-School’ Blog Series (Post #4): Progress Monitoring during Virtual Learning

The fourth blog post in our ‘back-to-school’ series highlights several best practices of evidence-based progress monitoring that educators can apply to virtual instruction to ensure ongoing progress monitoring continues regardless of the learning environment, be it remote, blended, or in-person. Acc...

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Q&A with Maya Cox: PCG Consultant and Vice President of APSE’s National Board of Directors

In honor of the 75 th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) and the 30 th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), we are thrilled to announce that a member of our Human Services team, Maya Cox, was recently elected to serve as Vice President of the n...

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U.S. District Court in Illinois Rules in Favor of the State in Dispute with CMS Over Medicaid Reimbursements

On Friday, September 25, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois held that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) improperly disallowed claims for $140 million in Medicaid reimbursements, because the method used by Illinois to adjust the particular payments ...

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Celebrating our employees’ entrepreneurial spirit – PCG announces first EPIC Awards winner for FY2021

Last Fall, we launched a new quarterly employee recognition program called the EPIC Awards to help bring the four tenets that define PCG’s ethos— E ntrepreneurial Spirit, P assion, I mpact, and C ommunity—to life in a tangible way. Today, we are thrilled to announce that Michelle Clickner, on behalf...

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