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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. 

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May 17, 2023

The Good Government Connection: Linking the Employee and Customer Experiences

Federal employee experience and customer experience are intertwined, and the connection between the two is particularly important now with agencies implementing historic investments in communities around the country through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Inflation Reduction Act, and CHIPS and Science Act. This report highlights six strategies for how supervisors, midlevel managers, members of the Senior Executive Service and political appointees can improve the experience of their teams in ways that can lead to better experiences for federal customers. It also identifies four challenges to connecting the employee experience to the customer experience and offers recommendations for overcoming them.

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December 6, 2022

Designing a Government for the People

For this report, we interviewed dozens of customer experience leaders, as well as those who design and implement services at federal agencies. We also had conversations with customer experience experts from national research institutes and universities. Additionally, our work was informed by input from our quarterly customer experience roundtables and by leading commercial practices.

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February 21, 2021

Bright Spots in the Federal Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Amid an ongoing global pandemic, federal agencies have continued to deliver critical services to the American public. For a deeper look a...

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February 17, 2021

Behind the Scenes: How Government Mission-Support Services Can Use a Customer Lens to Meet Big Challenges

Mission-support services—such as human resources, information technology, financial management, procurement and facilities—provide federa...

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October 7, 2019

Government for the People: Profiles on the customer experience

In collaboration with Accenture Federal Services, we released “Government for the People: Profiles on the Customer Experience” — a first-...

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August 22, 2019

Colleagues as Customers: How Mission-Support Services Can Improve the Customer Experience

Mission-support functions such as contracting, information technology and human resources are critical in government—service providers of...

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October 23, 2018

Time for a Change: How agencies are transforming business practices to meet customer needs

The White House and Congress have prioritized improving customer experience with government. Those nudges are important and useful—but to...

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April 11, 2018

Beating the Tax Rush: Providing Critical Information Early Improves the IRS Customer Experience

Understanding that filling out tax forms doesn’t rank as a favorite activity for most people, the Internal Revenue Service initiated new ...

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October 12, 2017

Beyond the Basics: Leading Practices for Improving Customer Experience in Government

The federal government is aiming at a moving target when it comes to improving customer experience. As many federal agencies make progres...

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September 8, 2017

Serving Citizens Case Study

This case study was published in a September 2014 report by the Partnership for Public Service and Accenture Federal Services about custo...

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