Hiring Architecture

Policy research on AI governance, digital government, tech talent, and government modernization. Congressional testimony.

Private foundation (est. 1998) that strengthens state and local health department capacity and the public health workforce as an engaged funder that does not take unsolicited proposals. Programs…

Nonpartisan think tank running Day One Project for policy entrepreneurship. Innovation Ecosystem Job Board for displaced federal technologists (2025). Senior Fellows program.

AI-powered platform modernizing government hiring. Automates job description creation with 45,000+ templates, provides real-time salary benchmarking, and reduces government hiring cycles that average…

Congressionally chartered. Convenes expert panels studying federal agency management, organizational design, and institutional effectiveness.

Dedicated state capacity research initiative. Published 'The How We Need Now' capacity agenda. Policy research on civil service reform, digital modernization, product operating model,…

1-2 year fully paid fellowship placing early-career technologists (AI, cybersecurity, process innovation) in federal, state, and local government. Launched 2024; the 2025 cohort of 28 included state…

Independent nonprofit spun out of Harvard GPL's procurement initiative in March 2025. Helps state and local governments improve procurement, staffing, digital infrastructure, and budgeting, with 200+…

Nonpartisan organization working for better government and a stronger civil service. Advocates for reform through its Government for a New Era initiative and trains public servants at the federal,…

Co-funds PIT Infrastructure Fund. Supports Coding it Forward, Govern for America, and pathways for underrepresented technologists in government.

Connects senior technologists with government roles and helps new administrations build tech leadership from day one, including first-100-days playbooks for states. Co-runs TELI executive training…

501(c)(6) professional association (est. 2020) for public interest technologists across government, nonprofits, academia, and civic tech. Runs networking events, conferences, mentorship, and the Tech…

Two-year early-career federal fellowship (est. 2021) in software, data, product, design, and cybersecurity, run by GSA TTS. Paused: its largest cohort (2024) graduated in 2026, but no 2025 cohort was…

OPM cross-agency hiring program launched Dec 2025 to place up to 1,000 early-career technologists a year in federal agencies for 1-2 year terms in AI, cybersecurity, data, and software. About 200 had…

Nonprofit (est. 2014 by Paul Volcker) working on public service education, public sector talent, and public finance, including state budget integrity research. Runs the Tech to Gov hiring forum,…

Advocacy organization working to modernize government hiring and talent pipelines, combining direct workforce programs with HR policy advocacy.

Defunct (Apr 2025). Former OPM innovation lab (2012-2025) that pioneered human-centered design in the federal government and built HCD capacity across agencies.

Partnership for Public Service · Capacity Builder

Expertise

Niskanen Center · Capacity Builder

Collaboration Opportunity, Expertise, Interesting Conversation, Problem to Solve, Tool / Product

· Technologist

Collaboration Opportunity, Expertise, Interesting Conversation, Tool / Product

Tech Talent Project · Capacity Builder

Collaboration Opportunity, Job / Fellowship

The Volcker Alliance · Researcher

Collaboration Opportunity, Expertise, Grant / Challenge