Inside the effort to connect Congress with the feds enacting its policies
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ByNatalie Alms,
Senior Correspondent, Nextgov/FCW
May 8, 2026 08:00 AM ET
Those writing laws don’t often hear from those charged with implementing them. The POPVOX Foundation wants that to change.
Congress is flying blind on the effectiveness of the laws it creates.
That’s the thesis of a new project released last week by the POPVOX Foundation, a nonpartisan nonprofit, based on the input of 50 federal employees pushed out of their government jobs last year. The intent of this work was partly to gather insights on how policy implementation works in the executive branch and what barriers exist to effective government that lawmakers may not know about.
But it’s also about showing Capitol Hill what’s possible, said Anne Meeker, senior advisor for the POPVOX Foundation, which collaborated with the Niskanen Center, Civil Service Strong, the Partnership for Public Service and the Foundation for...
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