Report Analyzes Top Federal Agencies Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships

(Press release, Oct. 23, 2014) — As the United States economy stagnated, public-private partnerships flourished. In a new report released Oct. 20, the USC Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy examines 21 federal offices that have emerged to catalyze government partnerships with philanthropy and business.
While there is a long history of public-private partnerships within the federal government, only recently have formalized offices emerged to support them. The number of such federal offices increased from two in 2002 to 21 by 2014, signaling a growing interest in working across sectors, said report co-author James M. Ferris, director of the Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy.