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The Partnership for Public Service began studying public perception of the federal government in 2021 and since then we have found that many Americans are largely unaware of the important work of the ...

Without accounting for the full costs of its plans, the Forest Service’s 2026 restructuring proposal is following a well-documented trail that led to mass departures and disrupted critical work during ...

During the second week of the Trump Administration, the Office of Personnel Management offered most federal employees months of paid leave if they agreed to resign. Later that spring, some agencies ...

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Editor’s note: This analysis was updated on Aug. 12, 2026, to account for the impact of the fiscal year 2026 government shutdowns on the timing of semiannual report releases and to revise the ...