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
Presidential Transition October 12, 2023 Bipartisan leaders Senator Shaheen and former Governor Hogan explain the importance of ... The Partnership’s Center for Presidential Transition® and Deloitte recently released “The States of O... Read more
Presidential Transition September 14, 2023 New resource explains how presidential transition teams can work with state, local, tri... Collaboration between the federal government and state, local, tribal and territorial officials is vital to... Read more
Presidential Transition August 28, 2023 3 takeaways from our event on national security during presidential transitions The Center for Presidential Transition® recently hosted an event with Count Every Hero to celebrate the rel... Read more
Presidential Transition April 19, 2023 The PLUM Act: A new era of transparency into senior leadership government In 1952, President Dwight Eisenhower requested a list of positions he would be responsible for filling in h... Read more
Presidential Transition April 6, 2023 Former White House officials highlight the value of early planning for presidential tra... Even though the next presidential election is more than a year and a half away, it is never too early for p... Read more
Presidential Transition March 23, 2023 Collaboration with career staff is critical to appointees’ success The desire for political appointees to have strong partnerships with the career staff at their agencies ani... Read more
Congress November 1, 2022 Outcome of midterms unlikely to improve the Senate confirmation process for executive b... The time it takes to confirm presidential appointments in the Senate has grown longer and longer over the p... Read more
Presidential Transition October 12, 2022 The importance of chronicling presidential transitions The peaceful transfer of power is the cornerstone of American democracy that dates back to George Washingto... Read more
Presidential Transition July 15, 2022 More than a quarter of ambassador positions are without a Senate-confirmed official, hi... A year and a half into President Joe Biden’s administration, the U.S. is operating its foreign policy witho... Read more
Presidential Transition February 10, 2022 Looking back at the toughest presidential transition in history The 2020-2021 presidential transition was the toughest in modern history. A new report by the Partnership’s... Read more