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Make sure policymakers and leaders across the country know your views and understand the importance of the nonpartisan federal workforce. Below are concrete ways to make sure your voice is heard.

10 Actions You Can Take Today 

Write or call your member of Congress

Let your representatives know that you support an apolitical civil service that is committed to serving their constituents and to upholding the Constitution.

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Contact the White House

Let the White House know your views and urge the administration to approach reshaping the federal workforce with a thoughtful, transparent strategy in partnership with career civil service leaders.

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Share your story with us

To help us highlight your work and impact, use this form to tell us about your federal job, the people you helped, and what the public lost when your job or program was eliminated. 

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Participate in local town halls or community events

Share your story with your local community. Tell people about the work you did, the people you helped and why a professional civil service matters. 

Write a letter to the editor

Submit a letter to the editor, or commentary to your local news outlet, and share how the federal workforce affects your community. Most local outlets have a submission process, which you can find by searching “letter to the editor” + [outlet name].

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Get involved with Public Service Recognition Week: May 4-10, 2025

PSRW has been celebrated the first week of May since 1985 (beginning on the first Sunday of the month) to honor the people who serve our nation as federal, state, county, local and tribal government employees. Find out how you can support PSRW and organize events in your community.

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Let other civil servants know you appreciate them and the work they do on our behalf.

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Workforce Engagement
As a military spouse of 24 years and public servant for nearly 13 years, I have always taken pride in my duty to work for the American people. All of it came to a screeching halt on April 1, 2025, with a simple reduction-in-force email, followed by immediate administrative leave. I was shocked and saddened at the same time. Providing services for nearly 37 years is an honor and privilege. I have five more years to retirement and was hoping to assist until then. When I worked for the Defense Department, I provided the warfighter with the material it needed to keep its equipment up and running. In December 2024, I switched to the Department of Health and Human Services. My responsibility was to ensure the safety of the American people, providing services for a sexual abuse helpline, among other services. Being able to help the American people always motivated me to give the best each and every day. Shortly after the administration change, services were terminated, followed by massive layoffs."
Michaela, Virginia
Workforce Engagement
I was subject to a reduction in force on April 1, and my Centers for Disease Control and Prevention team of brilliant epidemiologists, social scientists and physicians is out of work. Impactful studies and programs to increase access to HIV care among rural people in the U.S., to prevent mother to child HIV transmission and to scale access to long-acting injectable HIV treatments are apparently terminated and have no CDC funding or project officer support. This disruption will only lead to an increase in HIV infections.
Kate, United States of America
Workforce Engagement
Over the last two months, I have had the unfortunate experience of witnessing many committed public servants leave federal service throughout the government. I have been amazed at how each one has worked diligently right up to their last day of service to complete their mission. Even though they have been forced, through no fault of their own, to leave their positions, they continue to show their commitment to the American people, their federal colleagues and, ultimately, the oath they took on their first day to support and defend the Constitution. To a person, not a single colleague of mine has ""coasted"" or worse, tried to do harm before their last day. What is happening to the federal workforce is a tragedy that the American people will likely not understand immediately. But the commitment and hard work of these friends and colleagues has heartened me and bolstered my faith in the value of a nonpartisan civil service.
Martha, Maryland
Veterans
"As a proud U.S. Navy veteran who served 20 years—most of it overseas in Japan—I’ve always believed in the power and purpose of public service. My only stateside assignments during my Navy career were at Port Hueneme and a few training schools in San Diego, but the majority of my time was spent forward deployed, supporting missions that mattered. When I retired, there was never a question about what came next. I knew I wanted to continue serving my country—and I found that opportunity through federal civilian service. I began as a housing manager and now serve as a program analyst at Navy headquarters, located at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. I’m passionate about what I do. It’s an honor to help ensure that our military personnel, their families, and Defense Department civilians and contractors have access to the best housing possible. Supporting their quality of life is not just a job—it’s a continuation of my commitment to service."
Deforest, District of Columbia
Technology
As a former federal employee, I co-led teams that investigated blackouts on the grid, including the Winter Storm Uri event that killed from 200 to 800 Texans. As a result of our reports and recommendations, these teams enabled real change for the better. Some of those changes include new mandatory reliability standards for electric generators that experience a lot of freezing issues during extreme cold events, a forum that brought together natural gas and grid entities to solve gas-electric coordination issues (and spawned work that is ongoing), and improved communications between gas and electric infrastructure during extreme cold events. We have had no serious problems for the last two winters after five events in 11 years, during which large numbers of generators tripped during cold weather and caused problems for the grid.
Heather, North Carolina
Workforce Engagement
I have worked with some of the most dedicated, committed public service workers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It has been my distinct pleasure to commit the past 23 years of my career to preventing occupational illness, injury, disability and death. I’d choose this agency, this job and this team for 23 more years if I had been afforded the opportunity.
Constance, Georgia
Community Engagement
I am a proud, passionate federal civil servant. It is part of my identity. My great-grandfather served in the Italian military for four years in the late 1890s. He waited seven years and went through the paperwork process to become a U.S. citizen. His son, my grandfather, joined the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s to assist his family during the Great Depression. After a few years in the CCC, when WWII broke out, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served three years in combat in Europe fighting the Nazis. When public service called, the men in my family, including myself, never hesitated to serve. I am very proud to continue that tradition of public service. My federal colleagues are the most dedicated hardworking employees I know. They are duty-bound and make untold sacrifices to keep the country safe. I consider it a honor to serve alongside them. I believe I am making both my great-grandfather and grandfather very proud. God bless the United States of America!
Christian, Florida

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