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Partnership for Public Service statement on OPM’s move to rescind job protections for thousands of career civil servants 

The nonpartisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service today released the following statement from President and CEO Max Stier in response to the Office of Personnel Management’s final rule on Schedule…

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New Partnership for Public Service survey data points to profound loss of confidence among CBP, ICE employees in agency leadership 

On the heels of multiple violent incidents in Minnesota in recent weeks, new survey findings released today by the nonpartisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service show that…

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Trump Posed an Existential Threat. This Nonpartisan Group Pushed Back

Publications

A Culture of Fear: Leadership Deficits at Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement  

Reports

The Fed Is Not an Island

Opposition to Trump’s extreme overreach needs to be the norm, not the exception.

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Partnership for Public Service’s public comments on OPM’s “Streamlining Probationary and Trial Period Appeals” proposed rule

Congressional Testimony and Policy Comments

Opposing Trump’s quest for power is not about politics, but a defense of democracy

The deeply troubling criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell regarding costly renovations of the Fed’s headquarters has caused a widespread backlash that transcends political differences because it threatens the central bank’s independence. Unfortunately, President Trump’s attack on the Fed is part of a much larger power grab that has not provoked a similar response.

Press Room | Op-Ed

Partnership for Public Service statement on one-year anniversary of mass firings of inspectors general

WASHINGTON – The nonpartisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service today released the following statement from President and CEO Max Stier ahead of the one-year anniversary of President…

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At-Will Employment: What the Federal Government Can Learn from States

On Inauguration Day in 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Office of Personnel Management and other federal agencies to take the radical step of removing long-standing due process protections from tens of thousands of career federal employees in “policy-influencing” positions. Stripped of the safeguards enshrined in the federal merit system, these employees will lose any right to appeal their firing or other adverse action taken against them under a new regulation that is based on the president’s executive order.

Reports | News Release

‘Who will stand up and oppose it?’: Trump’s relentless campaign of retribution in his second term

From firing lawyers and government officials to pursuing indictments – president has created a culture of vengeance

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