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Partnership program helps leaders at all levels of government advance AI expertise

Since 2019, the Partnership for Public Service has convened federal leaders to identify opportunities and challenges around artificial intelligence.   From bringing AI to the attention of their agencies, to navigating early stages of AI-specific governance and processes, to implementing broad-scale AI usage, participants of the AI Government Leadership Program left their experience with a better...

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Partnership for Public Service AI Use Policy and Guidelines

We’re regularly asked how we think about generative AI use internally at the Partnership for Public Service. In response, we’re delighted to share the generative AI policy we developed to guide our organizational practice. This policy was informed by AI usage policies and guidelines from non-profit organizations like the Emerson Collective, the Center for Democracy...

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Bringing everyone to the table: Tips for successfully incorporating AI into government agencies

Leadership, collaboration and change management are at the heart of successful AI implementation in government. This is what we heard during a recent panel hosted by the Partnership for Public Service’s AI Government Leadership Program. Alumni from the program—part of the Public Service Leadership Institute—shared lessons learned from implementing AI, including top priorities leaders should...

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Launching the inaugural cohort of AI interns for the state of Maryland

This summer, the Partnership for Public Service’s Future Leaders in Public Service Internship Program placed current graduate and undergraduate students with the state of Maryland, creating the state’s first artificial intelligence intern cohort. Seventeen full-time student interns are now positioned in paid roles focused on using AI to better improve public service delivery across the...

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Harnessing AI for better government: Practical use cases and lessons learned

Artificial intelligence can help governments deliver smarter and more responsive services, but only if the technology is rooted in the real-world needs of government teams and the people they serve.  That was a key takeaway from a recent event hosted by the Partnership for Public Service AI Center for Government™, where current and former federal, state...

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AI and public leadership: 5 takeaways from fireside chat on leading AI well 

Artificial intelligence is moving fast—and the agencies that lead in AI won’t be the ones that invest in the most technology. They’ll be the ones that invest in people, trust and governance.  That was the focus of a recent fireside conversation hosted by the Partnership for Public Service’s Public Service Leadership Institute’s AI Government Leadership...

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Leadership program inspires an AI revolution at the State Department 

The State Department is using artificial intelligence to transform how it declassifies documents and processes Freedom of Information Act requests, resulting in major cost savings, a better customer experience and easier access to agency records at a time when most Americans view government as lacking in transparency and wasteful.  

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