The program is especially appropriate for deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing professionals working in federal government agencies.
The need for this program was also confirmed by the Federal Office of Personnel Management's Center for Leadership Development and its Eastern Management Development Center (EMDC). The OPM and the MPA program entered into a formal collaboration that allows Deaf federal employees to be accepted into the MPA program and then take elective courses through the OPM's Center for Leadership Development.?