Signed,

Alan Rhinesmith, Former OMB Executive
Alejandro E. Camacho, Chancellor’s Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine
Alketa Peci, Professor of Public Administration and Government, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration, Getulio Vargas Foundation 
Anne Joseph O'Connell*, Stanford Law School
Art Stigile, Former OMB Executive
Barry Anderson, Former Senior Career OMB Executive and Former Acting and Deputy CBO Director
Barry Clendenin, Former OMB Executive
Benjamin Y Clark, Director of the School of Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University of Oregon
Bernard H. Martin, Former OMB Executive
Brenda Bushouse, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Chris Mihm*, National Academy of Public Administration
Christopher Koliba, Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas
Colleen Barry, Dean, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
Dale Krane, Professor Emeritus, School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska Omaha
Dan Chenok*, Senior Executives Association
Daniel Carpenter, Allie S. Freed Professor of Government, Harvard University
Daniel Tangherlini*, Emerson Collective
David Mader, Former OMB Acting Deputy Director for Management and  Controller
David Mitchell, MPA Director, University of Central Florida
David M. Van Slyke, Dean, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
David Wilson*, Dean and Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley  
Dennis Daley, Professor, School of Public & International Affairs, North Carolina State University
Don Arbuckle, Former OMB Executive
Don Kettl*, Former Dean, Univ. of Maryland School of Public Policy
Don Moynihan*, Georgetown University
Doug Criscitello, Program Integrity Fellow, Arnold Ventures
Doug Edwards, Board Co-Chair, Maplight
Doug Goodman, Professor and Director, School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida
Douglas A. Brook, Research Scholar, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Earl Hadlock, Retired Deputy Director, Human Resources and Deputy Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, US Department of Agriculture
Ed DeSeve*, Coordinator, Agile Government Center
Elizabeth Bell, Assistant Professor The University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Ellen V. Rubin, University at Albany, State University of New York
Erik Jensen, Director, Rule of Law Program, Stanford Law School
Francis Fukuyama*, Stanford Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law
Franklin S. Reeder, Former OMB Executive
Gary A. Loew, Retired from the Army Corps of Engineers
Gerhard Casper, President Emeritus of Stanford University, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Gordon Adams, Former Associate Director for National Security Programs, OMB
Gregory Smith, Principal, Starboard Harbor, LLC
Heath Mayo, Founder, Principles First
Heather Elliott, Professor of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law
Henry Hoffman, Retired Federal Executive
Henry Shands, USDA-ARS retired
Hilary Silver, Professor, George Washington University
Ivy Ken, Associate Professor, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, George Washington University
J. Edward Kellough, Professor, University of Georgia
Jack Smalligan, Senior Policy Fellow, Urban Institute, Former OMB Executive
Jane Fountain, Distinguished Professor and Director, School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
James Bowman, Professor Emeritus
James R. Brunet, Associate Professor/School of Public and International Affairs, NC State University
James Capretta, American Enterprise Institute
James Goodwin, Policy Director at the Center for Progressive Reform
James L. Perry, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington
James Pfiffner, Professor Emeritus, George Mason University
Jeffrey Kopstein, Dean's Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine
Jeffrey Lubbers, Professor of Practice in Administrative Law, American University, Washington College of Law
Jennifer Pahlka*, Niskanen Center and the Federation of American Scientists
Jennifer Shea, Professor & Director, School of Public Affairs & Civic Engagement, San Francisco State University
Jenny Mattingley*, Partnership for Public Service
Jim Granato, Dean, Hobby School of Public Affairs, University of Houston
Jodi Sandfort, Dean at the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance University of Washington, Seattle
Joe Sciabica, SES Retired
Joel A. Mintz, Professor Emeritus of Law and C. William Trout Senior Fellow in Public Interest Law at Nova Southeastern University Law Center
John Bartle, Dean, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, University of Nebraska at Omaha
John Binks, Senior Executives Association; Technologist & Author
John M. Bryson, McKnight Presidential Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota
John Kirlin, Emeritus Professor
John Koskinen, Former OMB Deputy Director for Management and IRS Commissioner
John Palguta*, Career Federal Executive (retired)
John Penkoske, Retired SES, DOD
Jonathan Breul, Former OMB Executive
Jos Raadschelders, Professor and Faculty Director of Professional Development Programs, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University
Joya Misra, Provost Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Judith Kelley, Dean, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 
Julie Novkov, Dean, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany, SUNY
Juniper Katz, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, School of Public Policy 
Karen M. Hult, Professor, Political Science, Center for Public Administration & Policy, Virginia Tech
Kathryn Newcomer, Professor, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, George Washington University
Kathryn Stoner, Mosbacher Director, Senior Fellow, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University
Kathy Stack, Yale Tobin Center and Federation of American Scientists
Kathy Quick, Associate Professor and Gross Family Chair, Academic Co-Director, Distinguished University Teaching Professor, University of Minnesota
Kay Ely, Owner, The Ely Group, LLC
Larry Diamond, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University
Laura Bronstein, Dean, College of Community and Public Affairs, Binghamton University, SUNY
Lawrence J. Haas, Former OMB Executive
Lois K. Cohen, Consultant & former Senior Executive, NIH, DHHS
Lynn Etheredge, Former OMB Executive
Maggie Mello, Senior Director, Public Service Education, Volcker Alliance
Maja Holmes, Director & Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas
Malcolm K. Oliver, Ph.D., Dean, John S. Watson School for Public Service, John S. Watson School for Public Service
Marcus Hill, SEA President/SES (Retired)
Marilu Goodyear, Interim Director, Public Management Center, University of Kansas
Mark Long, Dean and Professor, School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside
Mary E. Guy, University of Colorado Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado Denver
Matthew Auer, Dean and Arch Professor, UGA School of Public and International Affairs
Matthew Dull, Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
Matthew Lee Wiener, Former Acting Chair, Vice Chair, and Executive Director, Administrative Conference of the U.S.; University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Max Stier, President, Partnership for Public Service
Michael McFaul, Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, the Freeman Spogli Institute and the Woods Institute, Stanford University
Michael Schneider, former USIA Executive
Mickey Edwards, Princeton University; former member of Congress
Mohamad Alkadry, Director and Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Connecticut
Monroe Woods, Retired Regional Administrator, Mid West Region
Nathan Myers, Professor, Political Science and Public Administration, Indiana State University
Neil Reichenberg, Former Executive Director, International Public Management Association for Human Resources
Nils Gilman, Berggruen Institute
Norm Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute
Norma M. Riccucci, Board of Governors Distinguished Professor, Rutgers-Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration
Norman W Weissman, LR Jordan Endowed Chair (ret.), University of Alabama at Birmingham
Patria de Lancer Julnes, Rosenthal Endowed Professor and Director, School of Public Administration, University of New Mexico; 2023-2025 President, American Society for Public Administration
Paul Brest, Former (and Interim) Dean and Professor Emeritus (active), Stanford Law School
Paul Verkuil*, Former Chair, Administrative Conference of the United States and President Emeritus, College of William & Mary    
Peter Morrissey*, Volcker Alliance
Philip K. Howard*, Common Good
Rachel Augustine Potter, Associate Professor, University of Virginia
Renee Despres, renee despres
Rich Turman, Former OMB Executive, Former Executive, US Department of Health and Human Services
Richard Callahan, Professor, University of San Francisco
Richard Green, Former OMB Executive
Robert Christensen, Professor, Brigham Young University
Robert Goldberg, Former OMB Executive
Robert Shea*, GovNavigators
Robert M. Tobias*, American University   
Robert Verchick, Gauthier - St. Martin Eminent Scholar Chair in Environmental Law at Loyola University New Orleans, and Former EPA Deputy Associate Administrator   
Ron Carlson, Former Executive - Department of Health and Human Services                 
Ron Sanders, NAPA Fellow, ASPA National Council, former Associate Director of OPM, former Chair of the Federal Salary Council
Ron Zimmer, Director, Martin School of Public Policy & Administration, University of Kentucky
Roosevelt Jones, Former Director, Office of Procurement & Contracts, HUD
Rosemary O'Leary, Distinguished Professor Emerita, University of Kansas School of Public Affairs
Rowdy Adams, MPA, Florida International, Career Civil Servant, working in Industry
Samuel Pooley, Adjunct faculty, University of Hawaii, formerly Federal SES
Sara Mogulescu, President, Volcker Alliance
Scott Cory, scory LLC, Principal and Owner; former Chief Information Officer, Administration for Community Living
Sean O’Keefe, Maxwell School, Syracuse University and former OMB Deputy Director
Shannon Portillo, Director and Professor, School of Public Affairs, Watts College of Public Service, Arizona State University 
Shelley Metzenbaum, The BETTER Project and former OMB Associate Director, Performance and Personnel Management
Sherry Glied, Dean and Professor of Public Service, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School, New York University
Stacey Swearingen White, Dean, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois Chicago
Stan Soloway, President & CEO Celero Strategies LLC
Stephen E. Hanson, Lettie Pate Evans Professor of Government, William & Mary
Steve Lieberman, Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the USC Schaeffer Center and a Non-Resident Fellow at Brookings
Steve Redburn, Former OMB Executive
Stuart Shapiro, Dean and Professor, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University
Sue Ann Gardner, Professor, University Libraries, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Graduate Certificate, Public Management, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense/Acquisition Reform and Director
Susan Bowers, Department of Veterans Affairs SES Network Director, Retrired
Suzanne Piotrowski, Professor, Rutgers University Newark
Thomas, Ross, President Emeritus, Davidson College and the University of North Carolina
Tina Nabatchi, Professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
Tony G. Reames, Former US Department of Energy Executive; Tishman Professor of Environmental Justice, University of Michigan
Tony Scott, Former OMB Executive
Trevor Brown, Dean of the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University
Uriel Epshtein, CEO, Renew Democracy Initiative
William G. Resh, C.C.Crawford Professorship in Management and Performance, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Director, CLEAR Initiative, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Behavioral Public Administration
Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, Dean, Clinton School, University of Arkansas
William Shields, Executive Director, American Society for Public Administration

Signed as an Institutional Partner:
American Society of Public Administration
The Ely Group, LLC
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
scory LLC
Senior Executives Association
Starboard Harbor, LLC
Virginia Tech
The Volcker Alliance

* The asterisk identifies those who originally participated in the April 2024 workshop held in Washington, DC. They all signed and endorsed this effort on April 30, 2024.