Government Effectiveness January 24, 2024 Building trust in government: A data-driven imperative At a time when our democracy faces serious threats, partisanship is on the rise and public faith in federal institutions is low, the Partnership for Public Service and the Data Foundation share a mutual dedication to the important task of building trust in government. As part of its work to build the capacity of agencies... Read more
Leadership and Collaboration February 7, 2024 New Partnership network helps federal communicators share agency success stories In January 2024, Donna Garland, a senior communications leader at the General Services Administration, beca... Read more
Congress January 17, 2024 4 tips to stay resilient during a government shutdown During the 35-day government shutdown in 2018-2019, the Partnership hosted a Facebook Live with Virginia Hi... Read more
Customer Experience January 31, 2024 Evolving the customer experience through artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence is walking the runway into our government and taking center stage in Congress, whic... Read more
Workforce November 21, 2022 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... Read more
Congress November 1, 2022 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... Read more
Government Effectiveness September 29, 2021 Why we can’t afford another government shutdown Government shutdowns—or lapses in appropriations—are complicated to understand and hard to defend. Our fede... Read more
Congress July 21, 2021 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... Read more
Congress July 16, 2021 How can Congress help prevent future pandemics? As the U.S continues to recover from COVID-19, a handful of le... Read more
Congress July 12, 2021 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... Read more
Government Effectiveness May 18, 2021 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&... Read more
Partnership Insights December 2, 2020 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... Read more
Congress April 28, 2020 Five ways Congress can strengthen the independence of inspectors general Inspectors general identify fraud, waste and abuse in agencies and provide independent, impartial analysis ... Read more