Fors Marsh Group (FMG) and Global Recovery Initiatives (GRI) Foundation are partnering to co-host the annual Amethyst event. This benefit, to be held on November 20 at 11:30 a.m. EST, is a virtual event celebrating national recovery high school students and the Association of Recovery Schools (ARS). The event will support ARS’s efforts to obtain the technology needed for distan ...
How to Watch Election Day 2020: An Election Geek’s Viewers Guide
Election Day is upon us! I know it’s been a long and challenging year, but the national campaign is finally over and voters get one last chance to have their say. As someone who has made a career out of being an election geek—not a political junkie—here’s a short election viewer’s guide that I have developed in more than two decades of watching Election Day: Don’t overreact in ...
Fors Marsh Group Selected as a Finalist for the 18th Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards
Fors Marsh Group (FMG) was recently selected as a finalist in the Contractor of the Year: $25–$75 million category, for the 18th Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards. These awards, on behalf of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council, honor innovative companies, industry heavyweights, and long-time pillars in the governm ...
Fors Marsh Group Supports Department of Defense’s Report on Suicide in the Military
On October 1, the Department of Defense (DOD) released its second Annual Suicide Report (ASR). Fors Marsh Group (FMG), in partnership with the Defense Suicide Prevention Office (DSPO), conducted data analysis and provided content support for the Calendar Year (CY) 2019 ASR that will be used to improve DOD-wide efforts in suicide prevention among Service members. The Department’ ...
Fors Marsh Group Embarks on a New Challenge: Improving the Resourcing of Recovery
The United States entered the new decade with a global pandemic affecting people, economies, and education at levels not seen since the great World Wars. The COVID-19 pandemic has captured society’s full attention, as we have seen the worldwide death toll mount to over 210,000 in less than a year. And, while our collective focus remains on the coronavirus, the sad realities of ...
Striving for a More Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace? Try Computational Modeling
With inequalities systemic to the workplace being recognized now more than ever before, many leaders are realizing and acknowledging that their organizations may not be as diverse as they would like them to be. Members of the workforce, particularly millennials and Generation Z, emphasize diversity and inclusion as a critical consideration in their job searches—but organization ...
Improving the Voting Experience Begins Online
The onset of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a shift to mail voting. States saw huge increases in mail voting during their primary elections, and this shift is likely to carry over to the November 3, 2020 General Election. Although millions of Americans will be casting absentee ballots for the first time in 2020, U.S. citizens living overseas, active duty m ...
Fors Marsh Group is an Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company Eight Years in a Row
Inc. magazine ranked Fors Marsh Group (FMG), a research and consulting firm and certified B Corporation, 4,127 on its annual Inc. 5000 list. This is the eighth year in a row FMG has earned a spot on this national ranking. “Earning a spot on this list for eight consecutive years is an honor for our organization,” said Ben Garthwaite, CEO at Fors Marsh Group. “Our continued succe ...
Fors Marsh Group to Support DHS Human Capital and Workforce Solutions
Fors Marsh Group (FMG) was awarded a two-year contract to develop and support complex human resources and workforce solutions for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Working directly with the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO), FMG will design new human capital strategies to improve organizational performance and benefit the Department’s over 240,000 emplo ...
Fors Marsh Group Acquires Veterans Research Network
Building on nearly two decades of partnership with the Department of Defense, Fors Marsh Group (FMG) has announced its acquisition of the Veterans Research Network (VRN) from ScoutComms, LLC. The VRN is a research panel composed of military members from the active and reserve components of all the services as well as Army and Air National Guard, veterans, their dependents, and ...
“Find Something New”—in Public Service
In today’s economy, any assistance, especially from the government, is welcome. The economic consequences brought upon Americans by the spread of COVID-19 is most evident in the widespread closing of small business and the furloughing and termination of employees across a wide variety of industries, especially in hospitality and tourism. That is why I was welcoming of the Feder ...
Fors Marsh Group to Support Modernization of Organizational Climate Survey for the U.S. Military
Fors Marsh Group (FMG) earned a one-year contract with the Office of People Analytics (OPA) Health and Resilience (H&R) division to develop a new organizational climate assessment that will identify emerging personnel and readiness challenges within military units in order to help military leadership mitigate these risks. In 2018, OPA was tasked with modernizing the measure ...