Donald Trump
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Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney recently said feds should not fear the Trump administration’s promised overhaul of government. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has some thoughts on what that might mean.
May 05, 2017 -
Deputy secretaries do much of the important, day-to-day work of running departments and making sure policy gets carried out. The Trump administration has a precious two deputies confirmed and that's a problem. Mallory Barg Bulman, vice president for research and evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service, offers her take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 03, 2017 -
President Donald Trump voices his displeasure over the $1 trillion budget deal for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2017 and suggests a shutdown might be in order if the 2018 elections don't favor Republicans.
May 02, 2017 -
President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the American Technology Council to transform and modernize the federal government’s information technology and how it uses and delivers digital services.
May 01, 2017 -
The White House has named Randolph Alles as the new director of the Secret Service
April 25, 2017 -
Press Secretary Sean Spicer said April 24 that the work by Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, and others has been “very positive” and a shutdown is unlikely.
April 24, 2017 -
Fifteen organizations, both liberal and conservative, called on the White House to use a scalpel rather than a meat ax to cut DoD civilian employees.
April 24, 2017 -
The Trump administration has ordered up a reorganization that's got both opportunities and dangers. Dave Wennergren, chief operating officer of the Professional Services Council and former federal executive, discusses some of the options on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 24, 2017 -
Congress has been criticized for kicking the can down the road when it comes to federal spending, but as the government shutdown clocks ticks closer to midnight — and agencies dust off their contingency plans — some are wondering if that kicked can might be the best option right now.
April 21, 2017 -
President Trump issued an executive order for federal agencies to review their policies and procedures for buying American. He suspect loopholes in buy-American laws are too often used when the government buys. Agencies are to forward their legal and procedural reviews to Commerce Secretary Wilber Ross, who will in turn deliver a draft set of recommendations by the end of the year.
April 20, 2017 -
The EPA said it will continue an external hiring freeze as part of its efforts to meet the White House's government reorganization directive.
April 19, 2017 -
The Trump administration's government reorganization directly impacts federal agencies, but Congress will have its work cut out as lawmakers balance their own jurisdictional priorities with policy and personnel changes.
April 18, 2017 -
President Donald Trump's new executive order on April 18 will mandate agencies follow buy-American acquisition rules and close loopholes that allow for waivers and exemptions.
April 18, 2017 -
The Trump administration’s new Office of American Innovation wants to bring in private-sector experts to improve federal agency performance. It should heed the lessons of an Obama administration initiative that tried to do the same thing.
April 17, 2017 -
Federal News Radio wants to hear from the federal workforce about the lift of the federal hiring freeze, and agencies' short- and long-term plans for government reorganization. Take our short, anonymous survey and tell us what you think.
April 12, 2017