How to Improve Public Trust in Government

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October 4, 2023

Trust in government in the United States has dropped drastically since the 1960s, hovering as low as 20% in some recent surveys. Srikant Sastry, leader of Cherry Bekaert’s Advisory Services and Ed DeSeve, Coordinator of the Agile Government Center at NAPA (and Senior Advisor at GovNavigators) join the show to talk about their recent op-ed in GovExec titled, “Trust in the federal government is in a tailspin. Here’s how agencies can rebuild it.

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Christian Fuellgraf

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