Recognition August 1, 2024 2024 People’s Choice Award goes to bee-saving duo On July 24, the Partnership for Public Service announced that Yan Ping (Judy) Chen and Jay D. Evans from the Department of Agriculture won the 2024 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® People’s Choice Award. At the Agricultural Research Service, Chen and Evans are revolutionizing bee disease diagnosis and treatment through advanced technologies that... Read more
Government Effectiveness June 27, 2024 Partnership’s 2024 Trust Summit explores the value of a nonpartisan civil service Amid mounting proposals to do away with the merit-based, nonpartisan civil service in favor of hiring based... Read more
Workforce June 18, 2024 To telework or not to telework—that is the business case question Centuries ago, Hamlet asked, “To be or not to be?” These days, the question on the mind of every organizati... Read more
Congress June 6, 2024 Mr. Smith may go to Washington, but he’s not the only one–our 2024 Sammies finali... Recently, the Partnership took more than two dozen 2024 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® finalis... 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
Congress November 13, 2023 A government shutdown would threaten air travel and safety As the holiday season begins, the government is at risk of shutting its doors unless Congress passes necess... Read more
Congress November 6, 2023 Why another shutdown would be bad for the US military Despite the recent passage of stopgap funding to keep the federal government open, Congress is once again r... Read more
Congress October 4, 2023 Shutdown avoided, but new fiscal year brings uncertainty for federal agencies’ fu... Oct. 1 marks the start of a new fiscal year for the federal government. At this point, Congress is supposed... Read more
Congress September 25, 2023 Republicans and Democrats agree: The threat of a government shutdown is bad news The heated political debates around key funding bills needed to prevent a government shutdown are having an... Read more
Congress September 22, 2023 Shutdowns and continuing resolutions aren’t the answer for effective government Congress is racing around the clock to fund the federal government. When annual funding bills aren’t pass... Read more
Congress September 19, 2023 The broken Senate confirmation process is eating up precious floor time Over the past two decades, the Senate has spent increasingly more floor time processing individual presiden... Read more
Congress May 25, 2023 A debt limit breach and a government shutdown: Different crises but a terrible way to d... This month, the federal government’s borrowing power is nearing its limit, requiring policy leaders to deba... 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