by jpitney | Jun 2, 2022 | Public Service
Daniel Stid: We need younger, more diverse, and tech-savvy public servants. Beginning with the original civil service reform movement up through the 1960s, talented young people were drawn to public service. We need to restore its luster and appeal for those at the...
by jpitney | Jan 26, 2022 | Civility, Local Government, Public Administration, Public Service
Clarence E. Anthony at Bloomberg CityLab: A November report from the National League of Cities (NLC), where I serve as chief executive officer, found that 81% of local public officials surveyed had experienced harassment, threats and violence, and 87% have noticed...
by jpitney | Jan 16, 2022 | civic virtue, Public Service, Volunteering
Jeffrey M. Jones at Gallup: Eighty-one percent of Americans say they donated money to a religious or other charitable organization in the past year, and 56% volunteered time to such an organization. After dipping in April 2020 during the early stages of the...
by jpitney | Jan 12, 2022 | Congress, Public Service, Staff, Youth
Layla Zaidane at The Fulcrum: Millennials are sweeping into public office: From 2018 to 2020, the United States saw a 266 percent increase in young people running for Congress. In 2021, young people made history with candidates like Nadarius Clark, the youngest...
by jpitney | Jan 8, 2022 | Congress, Public Service, Staff
William Gray at LegBranch.org: In 2011, the Congressional Management Foundation surveyed more than 1,400 congressional staff and asked an open-ended question: What does working in Congress mean to you? They received more than 600 responses and the answers are just as...
