Donald Trump
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Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) offered his first insights into his management ideas during his two-committee marathon nomination hearings to be the next director of the Office of Management and Budget.
January 25, 2017 -
President Donald Trump's hiring freeze memo leaves plenty of room for agency interpretation, human capital experts say. Specifically, it lets agencies ask for exemptions to the short term hiring freeze, until the Office of Management and Budget develops a plan to cut the size of the federal workforce through attrition. That concept, experts say, should worry agencies more than a 90-day freeze.
January 24, 2017 -
President Donald Trump's long-promised hiring freeze on the entire federal civilian workforce will wind up hurting veterans hiring and the IRS' ability to go after tax cheats, according to the senator who ran against him in the election.
January 24, 2017 -
If you say no new hires and no new contracting out, you've got the bureaucracy boxed in.
January 24, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says some current and future feds could benefit from the current situation.
January 24, 2017 -
Two Democrat Senators sent their second letter to the General Services Administration asking how they are going to deal with the “violation” of the terms of the Trump Hotel lease.
January 23, 2017 -
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Monday implementing a federal hiring freeze. It prevents agencies from making most new hires and prevents them from filling vacant positions. It does not apply to military or national security positions.
January 23, 2017 -
The Trump administration landing teams have already established beachheads at the General Services Administration, the source of much federal procurement and contracting policy. Changes there will have a big impact on both contracting officers and companies doing business with the government. One consultant who's been watching is Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners. He share's what he's anticipating on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 23, 2017 -
President Donald Trump brings to the White House years of experience in construction and building management, which has some wondering what that could mean for the federal real property ledger.
January 23, 2017 -
Officials and public gather at U.S. Capitol for inauguration of Donald Trump as 45th president.
January 20, 2017 -
Crowds haven't chased Donald Trump into a hotel nor overrun the White House like they did in the 1829 inauguration of Andrew Jackson. But the election and transition have been heated. Now the new administration must get down to work. David Eagles, director of the Center for Presidential Transition at the Partnership for Public Service, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with some insight into the challenges beyond Day One.
January 20, 2017 -
A recently retired federal employee shares some wisdom and offers tips for the incoming crop of political appointees.
January 20, 2017 -
Sequestration and philosophical differences among politicians have lead to a big unresolved question over military capacity.
January 20, 2017 -
Inaugurations can be nice, but also messy and very confusing, as Senior Correspondent Mike Causey will try to explain.
January 20, 2017 -
Like all new presidents, Donald Trump has promised much. Like his predecessors, he and his team will soon find out that to carry out its ideas, an administration has to pay attention to basic management realities. Tom Romeo, general manager of the U.S. federal services segment of Maximus, has spent 30 years on the contracting side of federal initiatives. He offers his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 19, 2017