Collaborative's Government Team delivers state-of-art strategic consulting and communications services.

Collaborative’s Government Team provides comprehensive communications counsel across a range of Federal agencies, including:

• USAID
• US Department of Defense Education Activity
• US Department of Education
• US Department of Labor

Collaborative assists these agencies in developing and implementing communications and messaging plans, developing communications campaigns, increasing awareness of programmatic efforts through media and social media, and responding to inquiries and questions. 

In addition to our work with federal agencies, we also work with state and local governments, municipalities, counties, commissions, school districts, and tribes.

Collaborative’s Government Team provides comprehensive communications counsel for a number of state governments as well as partnerships between state governments and universities and other public entities.

Governmental entities rely on us to provide many of the communications goods and services necessary to support their daily operations, and to demonstrate public value for the expense of those goods and services.

We currently work with state government entities in:

• California
• Colorado
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Illinois
• Kentucky
• Maryland
• Virginia
• Washington

Collaborative’s Government Team provides comprehensive communications strategy and support to a number of local and county governments, including:

• District of Columbia
• Howard County, Maryland
• Montgomery County, Maryland

Many local and municipal governments are struggling with how to finance much needed improvements and how to communicate the necessity of those improvements to taxpayers. That has led us to several opportunities to work in various public-private partnerships between local community governments, philanthropy, school districts, and nonprofit agencies.

Enlightened, democratic leaders often embrace, encourage, and learn from the independent actions of donors and volunteers.

Collaborative understands the contexts of both government and philanthropy. We work to advance both sectors independently, and we have experience in forming collaborations that help bridge these sectors to advance societal improvements. 

Our work with philanthropy and public-private partnerships includes:

• George W. Bush Institute
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• C.S. Mott Foundation
• Wallace Foundation

Collaborative works in a cycle of research to action to strategy. Most communications firms work to get research into the right hands at the right time. We are also deeply interested in what people do with the information they are given and how that information becomes meaningful knowledge that can improve their actions. We work with policymakers, practitioners, community and business leaders, philanthropic leaders, and citizens, parents and students, to build understanding of stories of change, exemplary practices, and the study of what works across a range of social issues. 

We have supported research work with a number of agencies, and have worked with several research organizations who support government efforts, including:

• American Institutes of Research
• WestEd
• Westat
• World Bank