Read the report authored by @chrispiper.bsky.social to better understand how changes to these federal boards and commissions are reshaping independent government oversight. ourpublicservice.org/publications...
The Trump administration has fired or attempted to fire protected members, eliminated opposition-party representation on many partisan-balanced bodies and abandoned long-standing norms that helped preserve independence.
The public consequences are already real.
Our new report, Dismantling Independence, documents the most aggressive effort in the modern era to bring independent federal boards and commissions under direct presidential control.
Artificial intelligence tools are rapidly reshaping the delivery of government services. If you’re a government leader unsure of how to navigate AI, join our panel with state and local government leaders who will be sharing their experiences.
💻 RSVP here: aicenterforgovernment.org/event/ai-use...
A stated goal of the second Trump administration was to drastically reduce the number of federal employees. One year in, the administration has done so, creating the largest reduction in the federal workforce since the 1990s.
Read the Fed Figures analysis here: bit.ly/FedFiguresWo...
In our latest blog post, @chrispiper.bsky.social examines what these cuts mean for federal oversight capacity and shares how Congress should step in to preserve an efficient and accountable government.
The Trump administration is not only removing inspectors general in unprecedented fashion, but also systematically reducing the capacity of the offices they lead.
The administration's FY27 budget proposes steep cuts to the Office of Inspectors General funding and forecasts further staff reductions.
The U.S. is losing its top scientists—fast. An estimated 95,000 employees left federal science agencies in a 16-month period, and other countries are quickly creating new opportunities to pick them up.
Read how this could have devastating long-term effects on our research and development pipeline.
The Cost to Our Economy is an interactive data tool that provides an estimated cost of the Trump administration’s cuts to the civil service and federal assistance.
The total economic damage? $165 billion as of April 2026.
Explore the costs that impact you: federalharmstracker.org/cost-to-our-...
National parks are already struggling with maintenance and limited staffing. Continuing to slash the NPS budget will only enact more harm.
The National Park Service protects our nation’s public lands. With proposed budget cuts to nearly a quarter of NPS’s operating funds, daily operations, as well as highly skilled workers, would be impacted.
Join us this Public Service Recognition Week from May 3-9, to honor the people who serve our nation as federal, state, county, local and tribal government employees.
To learn how you or your organization can participate in hashtag#PSRW2026, visit psrw.org.
From ensuring that the food we eat is safe to being the first to respond to natural disasters, public servants are the backbone of a functioning democracy.
They fuel America every day, in every community across the country.
Our Federal Reduction-in-Force Guide is designed to support civil servants through the immediate and long-term navigation of a RIF notice.
This guide provides essential information alongside helpful legal and career resources to walk you through what you need to know.
Download it today.
In this blog post, we identified four root causes of alignment or misalignment. We call them the 4 P’s:
Planning
Process
Purpose
Permeability
Read more here. ourpublicservice.org/blog/beyond-...
How should our government’s personnel and management systems function to make federal agencies more effective, responsive and accountable? Rather than one-off fixes, we are examining the root causes of personnel and management challenges.
But looking deeper into the results, other demographic patterns beyond partisan affiliations become clear:
• Women are more concerned about the path of the federal government than men
• Young adults are more concerned than older adults
Dive into the data in our latest blog post here.
Through several surveys conducted during the past year, we have consistently found that the majority of Americans are opposed to the changes being made to the government by the Trump administration.
As might be expected, Americans' political identity play a role in how people view the direction.
We know that solutions should be evidence-based whenever possible. If the evidence is not there, there should be a real attempt to gather it.
This is where we take issue with OPM’s two recent proposals to implement forced distribution across the civil service.
During the past year, the Office of Personnel Management has issued a flurry of guidance and proposals aimed at improving employee performance.
The Partnership agrees with the challenge at hand:
Performance management reform is long overdue.
Join us in celebrating the dedicated teams of public servants who have navigated an increasingly challenging federal landscape to continue to make this critical data available to policymakers and the public.
Explore the list of the 2025 winners here.
Federal data is a cornerstone of modern and effective government. The 2025 Federal Data Excellence Award winners provide insights to help us learn about the financial institutions that hold our deposits, track wildlife and vegetation changes, and estimate how we access and pay for medical care.
In “The State of Federal Data Products in 2025,” we examined the current state of the FDEP’s inaugural data products and how the accessibility and transparency of data have transformed in the past year.
Explore the issue brief here.
After a year of federal staffing cuts, funding changes, a 43-day shutdown and more, federal data products are feeling the impact.
Of the 55 data products from our 2024 Federal Data Excellence Program with @usafacts.org, only about half of the products remained fully functional and updated in 2025.
Together, these trends raise questions about performance and accountability—and point to a need to restore balance in federal leadership.
Read the full analysis by @chrispiper.bsky.social here.
Our new analysis highlights a major shift in federal leadership under the Trump administration.
📈 Non-Senate-confirmed political appointments are at a historic high
📉 Career Senior Executive Service leadership has dropped nearly 30%
The 2025 Public Service Viewpoint Survey from @ourpublicservice.bsky.social's reveals the Trump administration is failing at managing the federal government. The federal workforce is demoralized, pressured by political leaders, and hindered in serving the public. publicserviceviewpointsurvey.org
Terrifying numbers in latest annual survey of federal workers from @ourpublicservice.bsky.social.
For example, DoD workers' trust in Hegseth is in the toilet.
Only 11.5% of Army employees say their dept's political leaders "maintain high levels of integrity." Similar numbers for Navy, Air Force
Only 10% of federal workers who responded to a survey said they had trust in their agencies’ political leaders, according to the Partnership for Public Service.
The 2025 government-wide Employee Engagement and Satisfaction Index Score is only 32.0 out of 100, with 36.5% of the federal workforce sharing that their work unit provides worse quality services compared to the year prior.
Explore the full survey results at bestplacestowork.org.
