On Demand

A recent report from the Pew Research Center highlighted the alarming changes between a time in which citizens trusted their government and a period in which trust was -- and remains -- broken. Their June report showed that public trust had fallen to a disturbing and & near historic low; of just 20 percent. Alarms have sounded from multiple good government groups and leaders concerned about this decline. Trust in government is higher not only when government works better, but also when people have a better understanding of what government is doing, according to Terry Gerton, President of the National Academy of Public Administration. We discussed this in an earlier show and spoke then about how government communicates with citizens and how they in turn are able to interact with government being key.