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Since I'm working on a big piece about good government non-profits at the moment, I've been particularly attuned to non-profit news lately, and I noted that the Partnership for Public Service announced on Friday that it's bringing on two more big guns. Vince Micone, who chaired the Combined Federal Campaign between 2002 and 2008, will be the Partnership's new Vice President for Development, and Tina Sung, who has a long resume in corporate transformation and in performance management inside government, is the new Vice President for Government Transformation.

There's no question that non-profits are going to get hit very hard by the economic downturn, even ones like the Partnership that have mostly relied on several large donors. Making two big hires in the midst of a downturn is a signal that the Partnership sees itself in relatively good shape. Announcing a new VP for development does indicate a solid acknowledgment of the economic facts, however, and that the Partnership intends to move aggressively to safeguard its financial future. Sung's appointment also suggests that the Partnership sees significant change coming to government, and like everyone else, and like they always have, wants a piece of the action.