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President Trump’s firing of inspectors general threatens government accountability and efficiency
Inspectors general are one of the central watchdogs of the federal government, identifying and stopping waste, fraud and abuse and saving taxpayers tens of billions of dollars every year. Despite their intended independence and importance for government accountability and efficiency, inspectors general have come under fire during the second Trump administration, with extensive purges and...
Chris Piper October 21, 2025
Leadership and Collaboration
A model to strengthen leadership in state and local government
State and local government leaders, who already shoulder vast responsibility, are increasingly being called...
Lauren Anstey, Kelly Shih May 22, 2025
Workforce
Why a skills assessment is your most powerful career pivot tool
A recent Partnership for Public Service FedSupport webinar explored how skills assessments can help drive c...
Kristen Carroll, Katy Hogan May 6, 2025
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The government shutdown is now the longest ever—and the public is paying the price
On Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, the United States reached a grim milestone: day 36 of the government shutdown, ...
Partnership for Public Service November 5, 2025
Customer Experience
Evolving the customer experience through artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is walking the runway into our government and taking center stage in Congress, whic...
Ross Apter January 31, 2024
Workforce
Retaining Generation X and Generation Z federal employees: Three ways Congress can help
Federal employees are the engine of government, so preventing unwanted staff attrition should be a priority...
Maddie Powder November 21, 2022
Congress
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...
Paul Hitlin, Mary-Courtney Murphy, Carlos Galina November 1, 2022
Government Effectiveness
Why we can’t afford another government shutdown
Government shutdowns—or lapses in appropriations—are complicated to understand and hard to defend. Our fede...
September 29, 2021
Congress
The Partnership for Public Service launches the Alliance for Congress, a new initiative...
The nonpartisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service today launched the Alliance for Congress, an ambi...
Max Stier July 21, 2021
Congress
How can Congress help prevent future pandemics?
As the U.S continues to recover from COVID-19, a handful of le...
July 16, 2021
Congress
Congressional support agencies lead the way on employee engagement
Congress faced a once-in-a-generation battle against a pandemic in 2020 that threatened the nation. In a mo...
July 12, 2021
Government Effectiveness
Three lessons to make government work better now and in the future
There are many ways to improve government, some complex and difficult, and some very basic. As we navigate&...
May 18, 2021
Partnership Insights
Tell your representative to protect our merit-based civil service
The president recently signed an executive order that threatens the integrity of the professional, nonparti...
December 2, 2020