Countdown: OMB vets Burman, Shea on Orszag departure

This week\'s Federal News Countdown, featuring the top three most important Federal news stories of the week.

This week’s expert panel:
Allan Burman, President of Jefferson Consulting; former OFPP Administrator
Robert Shea, Director of the Global Public Sector at Grant Thornton; former Associate Director at the Office of Management and Budget

Here are the stories they’re counting down:

NUMBER THREE
Burman: Personnel chiefs on the hook for hiring reform
Shea: With the arrival of summer, congressional legislating gives way to campaigning

NUMBER TWO
Burman: Guard work defies easy labels
Shea: Momentum is Building to End Secret Holds

NUMBER ONE
Burman: Who will succeed Peter Orszag?
Shea: The tick-tock: How President Obama took command of the McChrystal situation

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