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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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Presidential Transition
3 principles for agencies to manage risk when changing leadership during a presidential...
The start of a new presidential administration presents federal leaders—both incoming and outgoing politica...
Anthony Vetrano, Meg Shelburne, Cynthia Vitters, Eliza Clark, Kathryn Vandergast, Josh Clarke December 16, 2024
Presidential Transition
Unpacking Season 2 of ‘Transition Lab’: Navigating Presidential Transitions
As the 2024 election draws closer, Season 2 of “Transition Lab” took a timely look at the how presidential ...
Ousmane Barry October 29, 2024
Presidential Transition
Bipartisan leaders Senator Shaheen and former Governor Hogan explain the importance of ...
The Partnership’s Center for Presidential Transition® and Deloitte recently released “The States of O...
Haley Foster October 12, 2023
Presidential Transition
New resource explains how presidential transition teams can work with state, local, tri...
Collaboration between the federal government and state, local, tribal and territorial officials is vital to...
Sasha Blachman September 14, 2023
Presidential Transition
3 takeaways from our event on national security during presidential transitions
The Center for Presidential Transition® recently hosted an event with Count Every Hero to celebrate the rel...
Mary Monti August 28, 2023
Presidential Transition
The PLUM Act: A new era of transparency into senior leadership government
In 1952, President Dwight Eisenhower requested a list of positions he would be responsible for filling in h...
Troy Cribb April 19, 2023
Presidential Transition
Former White House officials highlight the value of early planning for presidential tra...
Even though the next presidential election is more than a year and a half away, it is never too early for p...
Paul Hitlin April 6, 2023
Presidential Transition
Collaboration with career staff is critical to appointees’ success
The desire for political appointees to have strong partnerships with the career staff at their agencies ani...
Valerie Smith Boyd March 23, 2023
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
Presidential Transition
The importance of chronicling presidential transitions
The peaceful transfer of power is the cornerstone of American democracy that dates back to George Washingto...
October 12, 2022