About Us The Partnership for Public Service’s AI Center for GovernmentTM is committed to fostering AI leadership, talent and literacy across federal, state and local governments. The Center recognizes the potential of artificial intelligence to enhance the government’s ability to deliver solutions and services to the public and aims to ensure that public sector leaders are effective users and smart regulators of the technology. What We Do Develop AI Leaders.Equipping public sector leaders with the skills to evaluate, develop and deploy AI enables them to make informed decisions about AI tools and strategies to deliver on their agency’s mission. Strengthen AI talent capacity.Helping the public sector attract, retain and train new AI professionals strengthens the government’s AI capacity. Empower AI community learning and literacy.Providing public sector leaders with ongoing, interdisciplinary and cross-sector knowledge increases AI literacy and offers leaders opportunities to learn and discuss how AI is—and could be—at work on the ground. Celebrate agencies at all levels of government who are using AI effectively.Capturing stories of government agencies using AI to benefit the public will help innovation spread across the public sector. Our Impact The AI Center for Government builds on the Partnership’s two decades of experience convening, inspiring and developing government leaders—including through our thought leadership, senior government executive networks, congressional education and leadership development programs. Partnership AI Impact Timeline 20182018 The Future Has Begun: Using Artificial Intelligence to Transform GovernmentThe Partnership examines how several federal agencies and one local government agency use artificial intelligence to transform the way they work. Four case studies identify how AI enables government organizations to use predictive analytics, automate tedious tasks, integrate siloed datasets and interpret complex regulatory frameworks.20192019 More Than Meets AI: Assessing the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Work of GovernmentThe Partnership explores the impact of artificial intelligence on federal work, offering recommendations for federal leaders to maximize the potential of AI to support their workforce. The report also calls on the Office Personnel Management, the Office of Budget and Management, and Congress to fund, structure and carry out AI training to accommodate the coming sea change. 2019 More than Meets AI II: Building Trust, Managing RiskThis white paper outlines key enterprise risks to AI adoption, including cybersecurity, transparency requirements, employee knowledge, and federal budget and procurement processes. A case study examining the Canadian government’s frameworks for responsible AI adoption offers federal leaders a roadmap for navigating these risks. 2019 AI Leadership Training for Senior ExecutivesThe AI Federal Leadership Program prepares a cohort of senior leaders across government to guide their agencies’ AI strategy. The program educates agency decision-makers on the opportunities around AI, highlights best practices for developing AI solutions and prepares leaders to incorporate AI technology to better serve the public. 20202020 Cracking the Code: Harnessing the Exponential Power of TechnologyThe Partnership shows how government can use AI, immersive technologies and edge computing to modernize and transform how agencies work. The report offers tips for navigating the challenges of adopting AI alongside case studies of “AI in action” at the Office of Personnel Management, the Census Bureau, and the departments of Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs. 2020 Into the Storm: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve California’s Disaster ResilienceThe Partnership investigates how federal, state and local government entities across California use AI to improve disaster resilience. The white paper examines programs that apply AI to predict future disasters, assess disaster impacts, identify disasters in real-time and evaluate the damage they cause. It also explores how Los Angeles and its neighboring counties use AI software to predict the path and extent of wildfires. 2020 Highlighting Agency Best PracticesThe Partnership shares best practices from three agencies—the U.S. Marine Corps and the departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security—that implemented new AI technology to improve their internal operations and better serve the public. 20212021 Expanding the AI Federal Leadership ProgramThe AI Federal Leadership Program expands to two cohorts, with a virtual option to accommodate federal leaders across the country. In March 2021, the program pilots a regional cohort model to serve West Coast federal leaders, followed by a regional cohort in the Southeast, with in-person sessions in Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more about the program’s impact and hear from former participants at NASA and the State Department. 20222022 Recognizing Public Servants Who Use AIThe 2022 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® Program recognizes the use of AI and intelligent automation at the Department of Labor to improve federal services and agency operations in areas ranging from procurement to human resources. Read more here. 2022 In the Public AI: How Governments Can Apply Responsible AI Principles to Artificial Intelligence for Public Service DeliveryThe Partnership offers recommendations for nontechnical government leaders to incorporate AI tools into their work. Two companion reports build on these recommendations, offering guiding questions to help leaders make decisions about the suitability of an AI tool and outlining the data, talent and governance issues to consider as agencies select, buy, build, implement and monitor AI. 20232023 Working With Agencies to Manage AI RisksThe Partnership holds a working session with leaders from the Government Accountability Office and the IRS focused on applying enterprise risk management practices to federal agencies’ AI efforts. Participants discuss the GAO’s 2021 AI Accountability Framework and the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s AI Risk Management Framework. 2023 Informing AI Guidelines in GovernmentThe Partnership files comments on the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed guidelines around the use of AI in government. The Partnership recommends OMB include distinct strategic human capital strategies to ensure the government is equipped with a workforce that can effectively use AI for the public good. A follow-up blog post recommends workforce strategies for implementing the Biden administration’s executive order on AI. 20242024 Statements to CongressThe Partnership submits two letters of record to House and Senate committees that are conducting hearings on building an AI-ready workforce and using AI to improve the customer experience. Recommendations focus on how to recruit and hire top AI talent, prioritize safe and efficient data collection, establish governance structures for coordinating AI and customer experience efforts, and more. 2024 Hosting the Senior Executive Leadership SummitThe Partnership cohosts the 2024 Senior Executive Leadership Summit, which features sessions on the importance of equipping federal employees to effectively and safely use AI, and the change management and risk mitigation strategies agencies should employ when adopting it. 2024 Announcing the AI Center for GovernmentThe Partnership receives $10M from Google.org to launch the AI Center for Government. Read more here. 2024 Responsible AI Federal Roundtable Series LaunchesThe Partnership hosts a roundtable series with federal leaders to address various topics regarding AI in government, including using artificial intelligence to improve health outcomes, enhance the customer experience and streamline federal HR operations. Explore the series. 2024 Gaining Real-Time Insights on AIThe Partnership surveys federal leaders—hailing from eight career fields, 19 agencies and 30 office subcomponents—about how they use AI. Respondents note that AI has the potential to improve public services and share that agencies need additional leadership, strategies and resources to effectively implement AI programs. 2024 The AI Federal Leadership Program Continues to GrowIn fall 2024, 140 people enroll in the program. Collectively, they oversee $215 billion of the federal budget and more than 27,000 federal employees. Read more. 20252025 The AI Federal Leadership Program Becomes the AI Government Leadership ProgramThe Partnership’s premier AI leadership training program expands to serve state and local leaders across eight cohorts. Explore how we have been working in this field AI Government Leadership Program The AI Government Leadership Program prepares senior leaders across government to guide their agency’s AI strategy. Learn more Future Leaders in Public Service Internship Program The Future Leaders in Public Service Internship Program is an exciting opportunity for students of all majors to gain professional experience through paid internships in government. Interns include those on the Public Interest Technology and AI program track. Learn more 2024 Responsible AI Federal Roundtable Series The 2024 Responsible AI Federal Roundtable Series offered an opportunity for federal leaders to convene on timely AI topics. The series was supported by and delivered in collaboration with the IBM Center for The Business of Government, Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte, and Accenture Federal Services. Learn more AI Thought Leadership Since 2018, the Partnership has produced research and white papers demonstrating AI’s use in government as a tool for public service. Learn more Advocating for Government Effectiveness While our government has made progress in recent years toward modernizing its services, it still lacks the technology and technical expertise to keep up in a fast-paced world. Learn more About the Partnership for Public Service For more than 20 years, the nonpartisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service has been dedicated to building a better government and a stronger democracy. We work across administrations to help transform the way government operates by increasing collaboration, accountability, efficiency and innovation. Learn more at ourpublicservice.org. Our Team Thumbnail for Jennifer Ives Jennifer Ives Vice President Thumbnail for Amanda Starling Gould Amanda Starling Gould Senior Manager, AI Strategy and Innovation Thumbnail for Jake Bell Jake Bell Manager Thumbnail for Madeleine McCullough Madeleine McCullough Manager For more information, please contact Amanda Starling Gould at [email protected].