Government Effectiveness January 24, 2024 Building trust in government: A data-driven imperative At a time when our democracy faces serious threats, partisanship is on the rise and public faith in federal institutions is low, the Partnership for Public Service and the Data Foundation share a mutual dedication to the important task of building trust in government. As part of its work to build the capacity of agencies... Read more
Leadership and Collaboration February 7, 2024 New Partnership network helps federal communicators share agency success stories In January 2024, Donna Garland, a senior communications leader at the General Services Administration, beca... Read more
Congress January 17, 2024 4 tips to stay resilient during a government shutdown During the 35-day government shutdown in 2018-2019, the Partnership hosted a Facebook Live with Virginia Hi... Read more
Fed Figures January 20, 2022 How the State Department workforce changed under the Trump administration The Partnership’s recent Fed Figures analysis found that the overall number of full-time civilian federal e... Read more
Fed Figures December 16, 2021 How the federal workforce changed under the Trump administration The Trump administration came into office with the expressed intention of shrinking the size of the federal... Read more
Fed Figures October 29, 2020 How one public-private partnership is closing the cybersecurity talent gap The Partnership for Public Service recently launched the Cybersecurity Talent Initiative to address an emer... Read more
Fed Figures May 6, 2020 Celebrating the work of civil servants who safeguard our nation It often takes a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic for us to remember how important federal employees are t... Read more
Fed Figures April 3, 2020 COVID-19 and the serious threat to vulnerable federal employees While the share of federal employees at the highest risk of exposure to the coronavirus is relatively low, ... Read more
Fed Figures March 2, 2020 Employee engagement is more than just a survey The evidence is clear – engaged employees are better employees. According to a Gallup analysis, business un... Read more
Fed Figures January 23, 2020 You don’t have to go to D.C. to see our government in action Where do most federal employees work? A common misconception is that the federal workforce is based entirel... Read more
Fed Figures October 23, 2019 A different way of thinking about the size of government In the public debate about the “proper” size of government, the discussion often overlooks the fact that th... Read more
Fed Figures August 15, 2019 We can’t improve government without understanding it Welcome to Fed Figures, a new We the Partnership series that uses data to shed light on our nation’s federa... Read more