U.S. Public Service Foundation
Reimagine Public Service
United States
Public Service Foundation
Where will you serve?
"We have the world’s best scientists, engineers, doctors, and financiers. Let’s make sure the next time a crisis hits, we also have the best ideas and practices in public policy and governance."
Francis J. Gavin
Our Goals
Coordinate Interagency Efforts on Public Service
Establish an independent council within the Executive Office of the President with a Senate confirmed leader and representation from relevant agencies to coordinate inter-agency efforts and provide policy leadership to prioritize military, National, and Public Service.
Institutionalize Progress for Long-Term Growth
Build a flagship campus for future public servants - U.S. Public Service Academy - that will train, educate, and inspire future civilian leaders and serve as a central node for continued career development and education for current and future civil servants.
Executive Council on
Public Service
Coordinate inter-agency efforts to recruit, educate, and develop future civil servants in Public Service.
According to the final report from the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, one challenge to effectively promoting all forms of public service is that, "There is no single entity within the U.S. Government responsible for advancing whole-of-government support for service."
In full support of the Commission's recommendation, we need to immediately:
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Establish an independent Council on Military, National, and Public Service within the Executive Office of the President.
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This independent council should be led by a Senate-confirmed leader with representation from all relevant agencies
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This council will facilitate interagency coordination and provide policy leadership necessary to cultivate a culture of service.
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The council will also maintain a framework for prioritizing and coordinating service across Presidential administrations.
Public Service Grant for Higher Education
Scholarships for students to participate in public service training and education program in exchange for future public service.
According to the final report from the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, "Current avenues for young talent to enter the Federal workforce are insufficient and ineffective, and agencies now face a demographic imbalance in their workforce."
Borrowing from the military service academies and ROTC programs, the commission recommends:
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Establish and appropriate funds for a competitive grant program for 50 institutions of higher education to establish public service academies.
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Grants would provide funding over four years, covering 75 percent of the full operating costs in year one, 50 percent of the operating costs in year two, 50 percent of the operating costs in year three, and 50 percent of the operating costs in year four.
Building on the commission's recommendation, we recommend an establishment of an office within the Independent Council on Military, National, and Public Service to manage the post graduate service programs.
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U.S. Public Service Academy
Flagship campus for future public servants...a West Point for civilians.
We believe our governments (local, state, federal) should be run by our Nation's most talented individuals who are selfless, honest, and dedicated to serving the American people.
We do this by recruiting the most talented young men and women from across America from all backgrounds and provide them with the best resources to teach, coach, mentor, and inspire them for a lifetime of service to our Nation.
Our military service academies serve as good models for how we can achieve this goal. A West Point for civilians, a flagship campus for future public servants, a central node for continued career development and education for current and future civil servants.
A blue print exists, right now, to achieve a goal of graduating up to 1,500 highly talented, motivated, and dedicated public servants for a lifetime of service to our nation.
"All of us, regardless of party, should throw ourselves into the task of rebuilding our democratic institutions."
"We are not partisan combatants. We are human beings, equally vulnerable and equally wonderful in the sight of God. We rise or fall together, and we are determined to rise. God bless you all."
"It falls to each of us to be those anxious, jealous guardians of our democracy; to embrace the joyous task we’ve been given to continually try to improve this great nation of ours. Because for all our outward differences, we all share the same proud title: Citizen."