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Building trust in government through strategic communications
10/25/2023According to research by the Partnership, only around one-third of Americans trust our federal government. To examine why this…
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Using our Public Service Leadership Model to become a better supervisor
10/23/2023IMAGINE getting a new responsibility you’ve never had before. You’ve demonstrated signs of success but have never had to work in this new area…
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Public service leaders join a celebration of the 2023 Service to America Medal® winners
10/19/2023The Partnership for Public Service hosted the 22nd annual Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals®, or the Sammies, at…
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Bipartisan leaders Senator Shaheen and former Governor Hogan explain the importance of working across all levels of government
10/12/2023The Partnership’s Center for Presidential Transition® and Deloitte recently released “The States of Our Union,” a new resource about how…
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Break into the tech industry with the Cybersecurity Talent Initiative
10/10/2023Ramatu Mohammed spent two years as an IT cybersecurity specialist at the State Department through the Cybersecurity Talent Initiative, a Partnership program that…
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Shutdown avoided, but new fiscal year brings uncertainty for federal agencies' funding
10/04/2023Oct. 1 marks the start of a new fiscal year for the federal government. At this point, Congress is supposed to have approved funding…
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Republicans and Democrats agree: The threat of a government shutdown is bad news
09/25/2023The heated political debates around key funding bills needed to prevent a government shutdown are having an unintended consequence. While Democrats, Republicans and independents…
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The broken Senate confirmation process is eating up precious floor time
09/19/2023Over the past two decades, the Senate has spent increasingly more floor time processing individual presidential nominees while confirming fewer…
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Trust in government lower in the U.S. than in many other democracies
09/15/2023The United Nations has declared Sept. 15 the International Day of Democracy, in part due to threats to democratic principles…
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New resource explains how presidential transition teams can work with state, local, tribal and territorial partners to achieve change
09/14/2023Collaboration between the federal government and state, local, tribal and territorial officials is vital to implement policy, respond to crises and serve communities across…