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Respect and
Protect Public Service
Supporting public servants and public service jobs will protect services that we rely on and keep us safe and healthy.
This includes
- Championing Critical Public Service Jobs
- Protecting Workers in Health & Safety
- Honoring Our Veterans With Service
- Reimagining How Government Delivers for the American People
NEWS COVERAGE
What’s Happening
THE SITUATION
Why This Matters
Across the country, essential public service jobs are vanishing in the wake of sweeping federal job cuts. We have lost hundreds of thousands of public service workers due to recent federal job cuts.
Emergency Response systems are strained, food safety experts have been laid off, and patients are experiencing delays in the drugs and care that they need. Our coalition of leading organizations has teamed up to raise awareness about the urgency of this situation.
HOW TO TALK ABOUT IT
Key Talking Points
- Hundreds of thousands of federal public service positions have been cut and even more workers have been resigning. These losses are showing up in real, tangible ways that affect all of us.
- This isn’t a temporary disruption – it is a severe operational strain that is becoming structural.
- These cuts are directly affecting essential government functions, including drug safety oversight, veteran services, and emergency response, to name a few.
- We must come together to build a strong, supported workforce – one that allows Americans to access the services they rely on daily.
- Download the full messaging guide here.
Resources
Want To Learn More?
The Impact Project Federal Change Map
This tool collects, synthesizes, and visualizes timely data on federal changes and their localized effects.
The Impact Project Office & Budget Map
This interactive map compiles and visualizes nationwide and localized data on federal agencies and offices most impacted by budget and workforce cuts.
Partnership for Public Service Federal Harms Tracker
A tracker designed to document the impact of federal workforce reductions on specific risks and harms for individuals and communities across the nation.
The Center for Law and Social Policy Cuts Tracker
This interactive data tool helps users explore the proposed reductions to federal programs under review by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Silenced Science Stories
A collection of personal stories from leaders in the scientific community who have been impacted by federal government cuts.
Center for American Progress: DOGE Cuts by City, State & Congressional District
An interactive map and table showing federal cuts broken down by geography, with downloadable CSV data.
CNN: Federal Layoffs Tracker
An agency-by-agency breakdown of federal workforce firings, drawing on direct reporting from impacted workers and internal memos.
Government Executive: RIF Watch
Tracks Reductions in Force (RIFs) across specific federal agencies as they are announced.
Science News: NIH and NSF Cuts Data
A data-driven analysis visualizing the scale of NIH and NSF grant cancellations.
Common Defense Education Fund: VA Dashboard
A tool that pulls data from over 1,200 VA facilities: chronicling staff cuts, patient wait times, and missing operations data at facilities veterans depend on around the country.