Government Works Weekly #40
Jobs, Events, and a Just a Glance
Welcome to your weekly roundup of opportunities, events, and information about how government works—and how government can work better—to improve the lives of individuals, families, and communities.
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EYES & EARS – reading, podcasts, and other good stuff
ONE GOOD THING: OECD’s Government at a Glance 2025
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) just published the latest edition of Government at a Glance, a flagship report from the public governance division that comes out every two years.
Report: Government at a Glance 2025, OECD, 19 June 2025.
Press release: Governments should strengthen public trust by improving efficiency, citizen engagement and access to public services, OECD, 19 June 2025.
LinkedIn post: Rebuilding trust and delivering prosperity: A governance agenda in uncertain times, Elsa Pilichowski, Director, Public Governance, 19 June 2025.
Here are some excerpts from the Executive Summary, but the whole ~250 page report is worth a look:
Governments today operate in a high-stakes environment marked by profound demographic, environmental and digital shifts compounded by relatively low levels of trust…
Navigating these issues will require governments to focus on three fronts: enhancing individuals’ sense of dignity in their interaction with governments, restoring individual and collective sense of security in the face of rapid societal and economic changes, and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of government to boost productivity, while restoring public finances…
Governments need to focus on enhancing citizens’ trust that institutions and officials act in the public's interest, are accountable, and give people a voice in decision-making.
EVENTS – webinars, conferences, and other human things
WEEK OF 23-27 JUNE
23-26 JUN: World Justice Forum 2025 [World Justice Project]
23 JUNE: Deliberation in Action: A Civic Season Call to Reimagine Democracy [NCDD]
24 JUNE: Department of Government Efficiency as Austerity’s Endgame [Roosevelt Institute]
24 JUNE: Administrative Data Research Conference: Data for Public Good [Georgetown Massive Data Institute]
24 JUNE: Checking in on the Social Security & Medicare Trust Funds [Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget]
24 JUNE: The Big “Beautiful” Bill Attacks Medicare Recipients and People with Disabilities by Driving Up Costs and Cutting Benefits [CAP]
24 JUNE: Civic Tech in the Age of AI [UNDP + People Powered]
24 JUNE: New Finance Goals and Political Realities: How to Deliver on Climate and Development [Center for Global Development]
24 JUNE: Closing the Feedback Loop Through Casework [POPVOX Foundation]
24-25 JUNE: 2025 Powerful IDEA Awards & Democracy Expo [GAIN Power]
25 JUNE: Inside the Growing Architecture of U.S. Immigration Enforcement [ProPublica]
25 JUNE: The impact of deportation policy changes on Latino immigrant communities [Brookings]
25 JUNE: State Legislators Fighting for the Working Class [CAP]
25 JUNE: Innovations in Year-Round Organizing: Building Political Homes and Long Term Power [Movement Labs + Analyst Institute]
26 JUNE: Exploring Alternative Ownership Enterprises Globally: Lessons and Models for a More Just Economy [Transform Finance]
26 JUNE: How government teams are modernizing hiring & talent [US Digital Response]
26-27 JUNE: SOA Symposium 2025: Legislators and Academics in Collaboration [Levin Center]
27 JUNE: Democracy Innovations Workshop [National Civic League]
WEEK OF 30 JUNE-4 JULY
30 JUNE: Whose democracy? EU citizen participation between promise and politics [Centre for European Policy Studies]
30 JUNE - 3 JULY: 4th International Conference on Financing for Development [United Nations]
1-2 JULY: 2025 Global Public Procurement Forum [OECD]
1-2 JULY: Global Digital Collaboration Conference [Swiss Confederation + Others]
2 JULY: Modernizing Municipal Code with Technology: How the City of San Francisco used AI to cut red tape [Niskanen Center]
3 JULY: Re-Imagining Democracy in Latin America [Participedia]
APPLY YOURSELF – jobs, internships, and other ways to get involved
POLICY + PROGRAM
Associate Director, Curriculum Design & Management, What Works Cities, Results for America [Flexible U.S.]
Engagement and Policy Manager, Penn Center for Media, Technology, and Democracy [University of Pennsylvania]
Associate I, Research & Policy, Managing Fiscal Risks, Pew Charitable Trusts [DC / deadline July 7]
Manager of Housing Policy, Economic Innovation Group [D.C.]
Special Assistant, Justice Program, Brennan Center for Justice [NY]
Public Policy Associate, National Council of Nonprofits [D.C.]
Researcher, Democracy Docket [D.C. or Jersey City]
Executive Director of Operations & Chief of Staff, Office of Government Affairs, City University of New York [NYC]
Deputy Director, Legal (Global Policy & Advocacy and Communications), Gates Foundation [Seattle / deadline 28 June]
Counsel for Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office [D.C.]
President & CEO, Greenlining Institute [Oakland, CA]
Senior Officer, Federal Policy, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Pew Charitable Trusts [D.C. / deadline 23 July]
Chief Program Officer, Climate Power [Remote]
Federal Legislative Director and Federal Legislative Advocate, Environment America [D.C.]
Executive Director and Program Management & Strategy Consultant, Civil Society Rights and Resiliency Project, Charity & Security Network [upcoming deadlines]
STATE + LOCAL
Senior Policy Advisor, Institute for Responsive Government [Remote]
Senior Campaigns Manager, Common Cause [Remote]
Assistant City Manager, City of Gaithersburg [MD]
Principal Associate, Fiscal and Economic Policy, State Fiscal Health, Pew Charitable Trusts [D.C. / deadline 7 July]
Officer, State Policy, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Pew Charitable Trusts [D.C. / deadline 16 July]
State Advocacy Manager, United States of Care [Remote]
State Program Director (and more), Working America [Multiple locations / deadline 25 July]
Digital Strategist, Mayors for a Guaranteed Income [CA]
COMMS + OPS
Director of Strategic Communications, Work for America [Remote U.S. / deadline 11 July]
Senior Vice President of Communications, States United Democracy Center [Remote]
Director, Growth Communications, Evidence Actions [D.C.]
Movement Communications Specialist, Wikimedia Foundation [Remote]
Communications Director, Confluence Philanthropy [NYC]
Senior Associate, Press and Communications, Climate Power [Remote]
Communications Coordinator, OECD [Paris]
Director of Communications and Marketing and Senior Operations Manager, Interactivity Foundation [Remote U.S.]
Operations Manager, Democratic Association of Secretaries of State [D.C.]
Executive Assistant to the CEO, Better Politics Foundation [Hybrid Berlin]
Donor Organizer, Consultant Politics & Elections, Democracy Alliance [NY]
Editor, Politics, Policy, and Ideas (Temporary) and Senior Editor, Politics, Policy, and Ideas, Vox Media [Remote U.S.]
TECH + DATA + DESIGN
Designer/Researcher, Senior (and many more), Nava [Remote]
Service Design Fellow, Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity [NYC]
Vice President of People & Operations, Civitech [Austin, TX or Remote]
Data Governance Manager, Independent Budget Office [New York City]
Senior Policy Manager – Technology & Democracy, Algorithm Watch [Berlin / deadline 14 July]
Head of Technology, Swing Left and Vote Forward [Remote]
Civics Outreach Manager, Policy and Responsibility Marketing, Google [D.C.]
INTERNATIONAL
Grant Manager - Better Politics Fund, Better Politics Foundation [Hybrid Berlin]
Program Director, Global Investigative Journalism Network [Remote]
Programme Assistant, Ukraine, Basel Institute on Governance [Kyiv]
Program Manager, Open Society [Colombo, Kuala Lumpur or Seoul]
Principal Associate, Ocean Governance, Pew Charitable Trusts [London / Brussels / D.C.]
Policy Analyst, Directorate for Public Governance, OECD [Paris]
Short-Term Consultancy Opportunity: Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Chile, Open Ownership [deadline 29 June]
INTERNSHIPS + FELLOWSHIPS
Multiple Fall 2025 Internships, Brennan Center for Justice [NY]
Research and Policy Internship (Paid), Economic Innovation Group [Hybrid D.C.]
Law Clerk, League of Conservation Voters [Remote / deadline 7 July]
Policy and Strategy Intern, United Nations Environment Programme [Geneva / deadline 13 July]
Internships, Sycamore Institute [TN]
Fall 2025 Civic Engagement & Voter Protection Internship, DNC [deadline 1 Aug.]
Research Fellow, Civitech [Austin, TX or Remote]
Technology Ethics & Policy Rising Scholars Program Research Associate, Stanford University [CA]
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics [University of Michigan]
And lots more opportunities in the last newsletter: Government Works Weekly #39.