Read, Watch and Listen Our Government Explained (in 3 Minutes or Less): Preparing for the Presidency Running the U.S. government is one of the world’s most challenging jobs, yet there’s only a small window of time after the election to get ready, so presidential transition activities should start much sooner. The fourth video in the Partnership’s “Our Government Explained” series describes the role of the presidential transition process in preparing a president-elect to run the country or continue into a second term. Watch the newly released video to learn more, including why it’s vital to start the transition process months before the election is even held. Watch Report November 29, 2020 Make America incompetent again? Trump wants to ruin our merit-based federal jobs system. Federal agencies across the government are quietly moving ahead with an 11th hour plan to fill vacant, nonpartisan career jobs with ... More Report July 1, 2020 Treasury Initiative Has Helped Back Minority-Owned Banks Only a tiny portion of the more than 5,000 banks and financial institutions in the United States are owned by minorities. Only 149, to be... More Report July 23, 2019 The Trump administration’s highest ranks are riddled with officials in ‘acting’ roles Following Alexander Acosta’s resignation as secretary of Labor, President Donald Trump now has over a dozen high-level acting officials l... More Report July 23, 2019 ‘You’ve Had a Rough Year,’ Senator Tells Feds at SAMMIE Awards Event The ability of the federal workforce to press on in spite of “the shutdown and all that noise” was “a remarkable gift to the country,” sa... More Report July 23, 2019 Public Service Recognition Week: Highlighting the Important Work of Our Nation’s Civil Servants A Pew Research Center poll released last month revealed that only 17% of Americans believe they can trust the federal gov... More Report March 8, 2019 Senate, White House Must Resolve Stalemate That Has Disabled Federal Employee Grievance Board More than 2,000 work-related appeals have gone unanswered, undermining merit principles and agency performance. Bill Valdez, MAX STI... More