A new innovation agenda for government

The federal government has encountered significant challenges over the past 14 months, including a global pandemic, an economic recession and the need to quickly transition to remote work. In the face of these crises, federal agencies helped coordinate the fastest vaccine development process in history, provided critical business loans and relief funds to those financially impacted by the pandemic, quickly implemented new telework capabilities and more. A sense of crisis pushed agencies to innovate with great urgency, but they should not wait for the next emergency to do so again.

The Partnership’s Federal Innovation Council has developed an agenda to help federal leaders rethink and transform the way government operates and fulfills its mission. Each recommendation is rooted in insights from current federal innovators and focuses on proven ideas that work. Collectively, these principles constitute our vision for a more innovative, responsive and effective government.

For more than a year, we have witnessed the impact that government can have when it is forced to respond to the unexpected. Now is the moment for us to raise our expectations for what is possible and build on current progress to sustain an environment of improvement, innovation and impact for the public. Over the course of the next four months, we will delve into each of these principles, describing how leaders can implement them and making the case for change.

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