Service Vote interns shout out the Academy:

The three of us interns agree that this is a great idea. It will serve as an alternative to people who may not be interested in serving in the military. Young people want and can serve our country in a variety of ways. Not all of us posses the skills or interest to join the military, the Academy will allow us to still serve our country. Would you be for this type of alternative service to the country?

Why does blogger Sherman Dorn support the Academy?

As I wrote above, I can’t argue that TFA recruits are going to be as bad as a rotating door of subs, and TFA might help change the discussion about public service and the public sphere. That possibility is also why I support the U.S. Public Service Academy proposal. But there’s a catch: that potential use of public service programs does not obviate the programs’ responsibilities to the clients/patrons of the target system, which in the case of TFA are the students.

The Public Service Blog mentions the Academy as an example of how to engage young people in the process of solving the impending public sector employment crisis:

I see three major strategies:

1. You offer a heck of a lot of incentive. This seems to be something that’s been the go-to solution for government agencies themselves. As a top-level strategy, it tries to create mass appeal for government jobs that will reach all demographics. Offering excellent benefits and retirement plans has garnered some success for this plan.

2. You get young people interested. This seems to be the solution that organizations such as the US Public Service Academy are taking.

3. You get current workers interested in hanging around. You create exciting government jobs that have a real pull, and you take long-time federal employees who are becoming frustrated with their current jobs, and create new, exciting ones.

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