Good government organizations in the United States

Formed in 1999, the Coalition meets regularly in Washington, DC to serve as a clearinghouse for its individual members’ respective agendas regarding government management improvement.

During presidential election years, the Coalition sponsors events to highlight the importance of good government management issues in the campaign and to prepare materials that would be helpful to the winning candidate’s incoming political appointees.

It advocates for greater effectiveness in government, agents of goodwill and professionalism, publishers of democratic journalism, purveyors of progressive theory and practice, and providers of global citizenship.

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University is a research, education, and outreach organization that works with scholars, policy experts, and government officials to connect academic learning and real-world practice.

Its mission is to promote sound interdisciplinary research and application in the humane sciences that integrate theory and practice to produce solutions that sustainably advance a free, prosperous, and civil society.

The National Academy of Public Administration is an independent, nonpartisan organization chartered by Congress in 1967 to assist federal, state, and local governments in improving their effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability.

The unique source of the Academy's expertise is its membership of Fellows, who are elected because of their distinguished contributions to the field of public administration through their government service, scholarship, or civic activism.

The Fellows of the Academy include more than 500 current and former Cabinet Officers, members of Congress, Governors, Mayors, state and local administrators, legislators, business executives, and scholars.

It conducts research and sponsors technical and educational opportunities for its members in order to improve and professionalize municipal and county government management.