In an op-ed for The Hill, Tara calls on Congress to improve trust in government by focusing on key legislative priorities.

In an LTE in the Washington Post, Ayushi defends the IRS modernization efforts, arguing that the pilot program that would become Direct File represents an important step forward in how the IRS operates.

Ayushi writes for Gannet publications about what lessons can be learned from the Direct File pilot, and how the public might go about measuring its success.

Vicki Shabo and Nikki Lee write for City and State PA about how Pennsylvania can learn from its neighboring states to build a world class paid family and medical leave program.

Erica Meade writes for Gannet publications about the need for childcare-focused policies.

In response to an op-ed by the Surgeon General, Tara McGuinness writes an LTE in the New York Time about how childcare policies could improve the stress levels of parents.

Ayushi writes in Bloomberg Tax about what takeaways the IRS should have from its successful Direct File pilot.

As part of the Democracy Journal's Spring Symposium, Tara wrote about the need to create an economy with ethics — one that prioritizes the lives of individuals by focusing on the middle class. She later participated in the Democracy Journal's summit, speaking in an invite-only event about the piece and its thesis.

The New Practice Lab's work improving paid leave implementation in New Jersey is cited in an opinion column in the Washington Post.

Ayushi gives her thoughts as an expert on the Direct File pilot as Direct File opens up.

Ayushi provides her expertise on why the demands of the Direct File software are different than existing tax filing software

Ayushi tells the Washington State Standard what she's hearing from tax filers using the Direct File Software

Ayushi talks with Accounting Today about what's next with user research around Direct File

Ayushi's comment to Accounting Today is cited in a publication for CPAs in New York.

Ayushi celebrates the success of the Direct File pilot, including the respondent numbers for feedback.

Ayushi tells NextGov what it will take for Direct File to be permanently adopted.

Tara talks to GovTech about how human-centered design can help improve citizens' trust in government.

Ayushi tells Law360 about the work the New Practice Lab is doing to research Spanish speaking users of the Direct File system.

Amira speaks with CX Dive about new survey results that show that Americans' satisfaction with their government has reached a seven-year high, speaking on her experience improving deliver at OMB.

Ayushi comments on what it will take to ensure the future success of the Direct File pilot, arguing that success will depend on state's ability to promote the filing system.

Amira speaks with TaxNotes about how Elon Musk's DOGE can effectively build on the work done by Direct File, and while not all filing simplification methods are the same.

Ayushi is cited in an article about about what sort of transparency is needed from the IRS to assess the Direct File Pilot.

Amira speaks to CX Dive about how work improving the user experience will continue regardless of who wins the election.

Tara spoke at Fortune's Brainstorm: AI event in London about the impacts of AI on the upcoming election.

Ayushi spoke at the midyear summit for the American Bar Association about the functionality of Direct File.

Tara moderated a panel at SatSummit focusing on how institutions can produce and maintain global data products.

Tara spoke on two panels at the GovTech for Impact Summit in Madrid, speaking about public interest technology and theimportance of building trust through dynamic data infrastructure.

Nikki Lee spoke with Maryland and Minnesota paid leave administrators at the Code for America Summit about the need for cross-state collaboration.

Tara sat down with Ai-Jen Poo, president of the National Domestic Workers Alliance at a Brookings conference to discuss the cost of inacaction in the care economy.

Tara was invited to testify at a field hearing in front of the Senate Special Committee on Aging about the hardships faced by the "Sandwich Generation," caring for both aging parents and children.

In a fireside chat, Ayushi spoke at the Anita B conference about her experience navigating government roles, sharing advice for other individuals in the space.

Tara spoke at the launch of Nava's 2024 Public Benefit Report about the importance of government delivery and the Lab's work improving delivery across the country.

As part of a defensive exercise on care with the CCW coalition, our team catalogued the provisions and updates the federal government had taken in the year since the Care Executive Order was signed.

In a blog, ECE Implementation Working Group facilitator Emily Weiss recaps her experience bringing early childhood education leaders together, and makes the case as to why ongoing information sharing around implementation best practices is so important — especially when it comes to early childhood education.

In a blog, Sarah Gililand reflects on her own experience as a mother, as well as the work the Lab is doing to listen to families about what concerns them most through the Thriving Families project.

As part of the Thriving Families Project, this brief describes lessons from the first few listening sessions with families, identifying patterns in parents' pursuit of social connection through parenting.

In a blog post, Nikki Lee writes about the importance of information sharing amongst government practioners, specifically pointing to the Lab's experience building better paid family and medical leave systems in New Jersey, and how that work went on to inform policy in Connecticut.

In a blog post, Emily Weiss recaps the August ECE Implementation Working Group meeting, which had to do with the concerns of administrators as children return to school.

In the second brief of the ECE Implementation Working Group, leaders share their advice, both practical and political, about what it takes to build a centralized enrollment portal, and why building one can improve access for all.

In a blog, Sarah Gililand summarizes the importance of centralized enrollment systems in improving access and availability of early childhood education systems.

In a blog post, the ECE Implementation Working Group introduces itself and explains who they are, where they come from, and why this work is so critical to building better education systems.

In a blog post, Sarah Gilliland recaps why and how participatory planning can improve the resiliency and delivery of early childhood education programs.

In the third brief of the ECE Implementation Working Group, the cohort shares their best practices and reasoning behind participatory planning, and why allowing community members to weigh in early can improve the uptake and resiliency of ECE programs.

In a blog post, Emmy Liss and Sarah Gilliland share a readout of the latest cohort meeting, to help organizers understand how local initiatives can shape state policy in early childhood education.