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How the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overcame COVID-19 data challenges
12/20/2021When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the United States in January 2020, the federal government struggled to collect accurate, comprehensive and timely disease data because of inadequate…
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How the federal workforce changed under the Trump administration
12/16/2021The Trump administration came into office with the expressed intention of shrinking the size of the federal government and its workforce. However, our latest analysis…
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Recognizing Volcker Alliance President Thomas Ross
12/10/2021On Nov. 17, 2021, Volcker Alliance President Thomas W. Ross announced that he will step down from his current role at the end of this…
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Why data matters: The case for evidence-based innovation
12/10/2021Data is essential to government. How agencies collect, interpret and share data informs how they make decisions, develop strategies and allocate resources—all of which are…
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From strategic plans to strategic results: Key tips for federal agencies
12/01/2021The Government Performance and Results Act requires federal agencies to publish a strategic plan outlining their mission, goals and success metrics…
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How public-private talent exchanges benefit the federal government
11/29/2021Public-private talent exchanges enable federal agencies to deploy civil servants to the private sector, host private sector employees on detail, or both. In turn, they…
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Engineering a global impact: Annica Wayman’s story of public service
11/23/2021To solve our nation’s biggest challenges both today and in the future, our government needs to recruit and retain vital young talent. Our new blog…
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An All-Hands-On-Deck Approach to Modernizing Congress
11/22/2021Current and former members of Congress and congressional staffers put party labels aside last week during a panel discussion on the need to build institutional…
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4 recommendations for building a customer-focused government
11/22/2021Efforts to improve the federal customer experience have made significant gains over the past few years. For example, digital.gov, a site…
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6 recommendations to improve the federal government’s COVID-19 public health surveillance system
11/18/2021Since February 2020, more than 750,000 Americans have died from COVID-19. Crises like this require a strong public health surveillance system…