Partnership for Public Service

JUNE 21, 2023

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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FedHeads

JANUARY 16, 2023

Did you see the House Speaker vote on C-SPAN? FedHeads Robert Shea and co-host Partnership for Public Service's Loren DeJonge Schulman grilled C-SPAN Communications Director Howard Mortman about how C-SPAN cameras got to the House floor and whether they'll remain. Did you see the House Speaker vote on C-SPAN?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In my experience as the chief operating officer (COO) for the UK Government’s Digital Service (GDS), I saw first-hand how approaches to security in the cloud can affect digital services delivery. One of the services that had been transformed as part of the program was a service that helped register citizens to vote.

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Partnership for Public Service

MARCH 15, 2024

Civic engagement can include voting, attending political events, posting about elections and civic issues on social media, and volunteering as poll watchers or on political campaigns. The post How civic learning can inspire future generations of public servants appeared first on Partnership for Public Service.

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The full House and Senate still need to consider and vote on these bills. While these reforms may take time, it is imperative that Congress pass funding in the immediate term, preferably through appropriations bills rather than a continuing resolution, so that agencies can best serve the public.

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Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The simple political reality of this was conveyed to us many year ago by the long-time mayor of Indianapolis William Hudnut, who said (and we’re paraphrasing here, as it’s hard to find notes from the early 1990s): “The real measure of my success is clear when people vote.”.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

We anticipate that 2023 will see an increase in public sector organizations seeking end-to-end solutions versus an interest in building blocks. Partners are seeing increased customer interest in solutions that support critical public services like traffic, voting, transportation, and waste management.

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Partnership for Public Service

MAY 10, 2024

To kick off Public Service Recognition Week , the Partnership for Public Service announced the finalists for this year’s Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® program. 2024 Service to America Medals finalists during a special reception hosted by the Partnership For Public Service.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The neighborhood is primarily made up of low-income Spanish-speaking people, many of them undocumented residents who cant vote and can be easily ignored even though theyre a critical part of L.A.s ," LAT , " Can key politicians in Los Angeles help MacArthur Park? Theyre going to try ," LA Daily News ).The economy, present and future.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 26, 2023

On July 20, the Partnership for Public Service announced that, after weeks of voting, Megan Meacham, Allison Hutchings, Sarah O’Donnell and the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Team won the 2023 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® People’s Choice Award. To serve the U.S. population is an incredible honor.”

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 31, 2023

Recent polling by the Partnership for Public Service shows that positive experiences with federal services may help drive trust in government but that negative experiences appear to affect trust more strongly. adults from Nov. 29 to Dec.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The stickers have a QR code linking to their Twitter feed and calling on people to vote. The example below is a broken water fountain, which the label likens to Marcel Duchamp's famous Urinal. JohnTory’sToronto sticks labels on failed facilities.

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

20, the Partnership for Public Service hosted the 21 st annual Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals ®, or the Sammies, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The post Celebrating the 2022 Sammies honorees appeared first on Partnership for Public Service. On Tuesday, Sept. Photo credit: Joshua Roberts.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Despite being voted “most likely to be president” in high school, James Earp’s path to public service wasn’t a direct one. A path to public service It was while working in the banking industry straight out of college that Earp first learned about the job of a city manager.

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zencity

MAY 3, 2023

Maurice’s career in public service includes serving as director of strategy at the Chicago Police Department and directing criminal justice and policing efforts at the MacArthur Foundation. His principal management responsibility included oversight of the City’s employees and a multi-billion dollar budget.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Partly what got me thinking about city-county consolidation--places like Indianapolis (1970), Knoxville, Macon-Bibb County, Georgia (2012), and what SF and Philadelphia did in the 1800s--was seeing mention of a Brookings Institution report about Pennsylvania c.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 20, 2022

" on the various way that the city government's execution of basic services is failing. Maybe he wouldn't if Toronto had ranked choice voting. The incumbent of the last 8 years, John Tory, is likely to win.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ). It attributed the issue to management failure and said the vacancies have accelerated the agency’s steadily deteriorating financial condition. The City Council is worked up about it (" D.C. Housing Authority better ," Post ).

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

As Frayda Bluestein explains in a blog post , Article 1, Section 32 of the state constitution prohibits governments from granting exclusive emoluments (benefits or gifts) “but in consideration of public services.” Further, local governments may expend funds “for public purposes only.” 153A-149 when using state and local funds.

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Masters in Public Administration

AUGUST 30, 2011

Lynch writes on everything from the budget to public service. Believing that Mayor Bloomberg will be reelected for a third time, she uses her blog as a keeper of reasons for why not to vote for the incumbent. Blog from the Office of the City Manager. This city manager serves the town of Lowell, Massachusetts. The Chief’s Corner.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

City Manager Lynch blogs on everything from budget concerns to public service. Often encountered by the city manager, the City Council helps propose and vote on items of interest. One of the more recent entries was on making City Hall more friendly. You can also get information on meetings, notices, and reports.

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Partnership for Public Service

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Kiani highlighted the importance of youth engagement in politics, stating, “Five million young people didn’t vote who could vote. Engaging the public and future initiatives The founders aim to improve public service through engagement and education.

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Partnership for Public Service

AUGUST 28, 2023

are] the basis on which people make decisions on who they are going to vote for. …The American public should expect the competency and ability to govern, not just campaign.” The post 3 takeaways from our event on national security during presidential transitions appeared first on Partnership for Public Service.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Jordan Himelfarb, Opinions editor for the Toronto Star interviews (" My dad used to run Canadas public service. Just look at how few people vote irrespective of the stakes and how many seem ready to burn it all down. Neoliberalism is not unique to the United States or the UK, it is a world-wide phenomenon.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 15, 2022

Data from the Partnership for Public Service and The Washington Post’s Political Appointee Tracker shows that 27% of 194 ambassador positions are currently without a Senate-confirmed official. Representative to the Organization for American States were submitted to the Senate nearly a year ago and are still awaiting votes.

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Using an expert analysis of Senate-recorded floor votes from the first two years of the last six presidential administrations, we found that: The Senate votes much more on nominations than before. Those votes never made up more than 14% of all votes during the first two years of the Obama, George W. Bush presidencies.

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Partnership for Public Service

MAY 30, 2023

Since 2001, the Partnership for Public Service has honored the work of exceptional public servants through the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals ®. The post Public perceptions of civil servants: A breakdown based on political affiliation and age appeared first on Partnership for Public Service.

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

She deals in the rhythms of public service culture and practice that too often get missed in the Big Debates about government and democracy. From protecting civil rights to counting the votes, it’s hard to imagine a stable democratic future without the machinery of modern government.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JULY 30, 2024

Over time, the most commonly discussed version of the reforms needed for F&F to exit conservatorship also included giving the FHFA authority to set guarantee fees, similar to how a state’s public service commission traditionally sets electric utility rates, which the FHFA was already doing in conservatorship.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Yet this is a powerful vote of confidence. These are not only far more valuable than those in Europe, but far more concentrated in the digital economy. The US then is an economic powerhouse, so much so that it has persistently run a large deficit in its capital account. Donald Trump protests. Well, its homicide rate of 6.8

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The recent vote by the House of Representatives extends Trump tax cuts which will lead to massive budget cuts in areas where people really need the services currently provided (" House Passes G.O.P. The nearly party-line vote of 217 to 215 teed up a bitter fight within the G.O.P. But it makes the argument that many of us have.

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Partnership for Public Service

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The nominee for the Office of Management and Budget controller, Laurel Blatchford, recently withdrew from consideration, after waiting more than 10 months without a Senate confirmation vote. The average length of confirmations over time.

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