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Our Call to Serve network expands to more than 1,400 college and university professionals who promote federal opportunities to students. Members who join have the option to complete our Federal Advisor Certificate Program, which helps career services staff become experts in the federal hiring process.
The Future Leaders in Public Service Internship Program launches with support from Schmidt Futures. In 2022 and 2023, the program places more than 400 paid interns at five different agencies. Today, the program continues thanks to collaborations with agency university, foundation and individual partners.
In fall 2024, the AI Federal Leadership Program enrolls 140 senior executives from almost 30 agencies who oversee $215 billion of the federal budget and more than 27,000 federal employees. Since 2019, the program has reached more than 550 government leaders.
The Federal Advisor Certificate Program launches. In 2023 and 2024, the program helps more than 400 university staff, including career advisors, faculty, internship coordinators and others, become experts in the federal hiring process and connect their students to career opportunities in government.
The Partnership’s Strategic Advisors to Government Executives network celebrates its 20th anniversary. The SAGE network is a group of more than 100 former federal C-suite-level executives who lend their expertise to Partnership programs to support government leaders at all levels.
The Public Service Leadership Institute® launches as the preeminent source of programs, policies and perspectives for federal leaders. Building on our leadership work with tens of thousands of public servants, the institute works to unify government around a single leadership standard, develop federal leaders at all levels and amplify the…
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CapitolStrong.org launches in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The new microsite enables a diverse group of civil society organizations working to strengthen Congress to share information, promote one another’s resources and work together to honor and support congressional employees at all levels. The…
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Amid a global pandemic and fierce disputes over the 2020 election results that delayed federal transition support for President-elect Joe Biden, the Center for Presidential Transition® prepares the incoming administration, members of the Trump team, career agency officials and potential political appointees to execute a successful transfer of power. The…
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Partnership West launches to support federal employees working outside the Washington, D.C., area. Focusing its work in California—home to the largest regional population of federal workers outside the Beltway—the initiative helps agencies fill critical talent gaps, convenes cross-sector leaders to share best practices and common challenges around timely issues, and…
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A new, five-year strategic plan focuses on strengthening federal leadership—defined as senior career civil servants, political appointees, White House officials and members of Congress. A new Public Service Leadership Model frames and propels these efforts by setting enhanced standards for effective federal leadership.







