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Community Engagement Trends for 2025

Social Pinpoint

Rebuilding Trust Through Community Engagement Rebuilding trust between governments and their communities will be a central theme in 2025. Governments can foster trust by prioritizing inclusivity and demonstrating a commitment to addressing community needs through transparency, accountability, and ongoing dialogue.

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Understanding public participation and community engagement initiatives

Partnership for Public Service

This past summer, the Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration issued a challenge : Create a toolkit of effective approaches to increase public participation and community engagement in government. Both are critical to an effective government.

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How State and Local Government Can Bolster Election Security

GovLoop

They need to build a voter registration database, secure the voting machines, and then tally votes accurately — all in the face of potential disruptions from malicious actors, foreign and domestic. So why don’t we have a coordinated change of social media passwords in local government three days before the election?”

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Celebrating the 2023 Service to America Medals® finalists

Partnership for Public Service

Heyman Service to America Medals ® , the premier awards program honoring excellence and innovation in our federal government. These awards—called the Sammies—shine the spotlight on federal employees whose remarkable accomplishments benefit the nation, build trust in our government and inspire people to public service.

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Meet the top 6 finalists for the 2023 Service to America Medals® People’s Choice Award

Partnership for Public Service

While all our Sammies finalists represent the very best in government, this award grants special recognition to the finalist who receives the most votes from the general public.  Continue reading to learn more about these outstanding civil servants and vote for your favorite to be crowned the 2023 People’s Choice Award winner.

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How civic learning can inspire future generations of public servants

Partnership for Public Service

This annual event raises awareness about how “ civic learning is needed to ensure each and every person across this country has the necessary tools to engage as members of our self-governing society.” Our democracy depends on the people who work in government. Federal jobs are available in every state, Washington, D.C., all the U.S.

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Digital Civic Engagement as an Equity Solution for Cities & Counties

zencity

Social media has the power to positively impact civic engagement. It is an opportunity for local governments to increase engagement, to get more equitable community feedback and reach more residents, and to help build trust with the community by more easily meeting them where they are. Can social media improve civic engagement?