What’s Next?

Using technology was one of the hallmarks of the Obama campaign. Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt is a member of the President-elect’s Transition Economic Advisory Board. I had highlights of a presentation he made recently at the New America Foundation about using technology in the new administration.

How To Be a People Person

Just about any success you will have in life will be because of the relationships you’ve developed. Joe Takash is the author of “Results Through Relationships: Building Trust, Performance, and Profit Through People,” and we talked about real relationships that lead to success, both for you and those around you.

To Buy Or Not To Buy

The Pentagon says it’s giving the incoming Obama administration freedom by holding off on buying a fleet of F-22 fighter jets. That answer didn’t suit several members of the House Armed Services Air and Land Forces subcommittee at a hearing yesterday. John Young, DoD’s Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, answered questions from the committee members and explained why the Pentagon is waiting on the planes.

New Leadership at Oversight

Federal News Radio reported this morning that Henry Waxman is giving up his chairmanship of the House Oversight Committee to take over as Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee. What does that mean for both committees, and who will take over at Oversight? Dan Friedman has been following the story for Congress Daily, and he shared what he’s hearing on the Hill.

Experience Counts

They got to be experts by going through transitions themselves. Three former agency heads shared their experiences as part of George Washington University’s “What Do We Do Now?” discussion, based on the book “What Do We Do Now? A Workbook for the President Elect.” Former Agriculture Secretary Anne Veneman, former Labor Secretary Bill Brock, and former Commerce Secretary Barbara Franklin talked about what they’d tell incoming agency leaders.

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