Donald Trump
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President-elect Donald Trump's promises to expand the military are bringing up classic debates that may end with a bigger force structure.
December 14, 2016 -
President-elect Donald Trump will violate the terms of a contract with the federal government on Inauguration Day if he doesn't give up his ownership stake of the Washington, D.C. luxury hotel that bears his name, a General Services Administration official has determined.
December 14, 2016 -
Feds have been here before. Bill Clinton cut the federal workforce by approximately 300,000. George W. Bush favored outsourcing as much agency work as possible.
December 14, 2016 -
The Office of Government Ethics responded to a letter from Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) asking about President-elect Donald Trump’s strategy to avoid a conflict of interest with his businesses.
December 14, 2016 -
When the Trump administration takes over, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says Washington may spawn a new acronym: SFTAPP.
December 13, 2016 -
Richard Levick, founder and CEO of Levick, explains what NGOs and organizations targeted by President-elect Donald Trump can do following his election.
December 12, 2016 -
Some critics worry about potential conflicts of interest between a Trump administration and the Trump Organization. Scott Amey, general counsel at the Project on Government Oversight, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what ethics rules require of any elected official.
December 12, 2016 -
Unless President-elect Donald Trump appoints two new members quickly, the Merit Systems Protection Board will likely have one voting member come March 1, when Chairman Susan Tsui Grundmann's term expires. But the upcoming seat-changes have federal employment experts wondering whether this is the beginning of the end for MSPB.
December 09, 2016 -
The Defense Department hopes the next administration will create more flexible training models for reservists in order to retain those in aviation and cyber realms.
December 08, 2016 -
For J. David Cox, national president for the American Federation of Government Employees, the outcome of the 2016 presidential election came down to "bread and butter issues." And those are challenges that his union, which represents more than 309,000 federal employees, will rally for with the start of the new administration as well.
December 07, 2016 -
President-elect Donald Trump is tapping another four-star military officer for his administration. He has picked retired Marine Gen. John Kelly to lead the Homeland Security Department, according to people close to the transition.
December 07, 2016 -
When it comes to predictions, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's a tough year for experts and that the best, as in worst, may be yet to come.
December 02, 2016 -
As the deadline for a spending bill to fund the federal government draws near, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said the Senate's role in the transition efforts of President-elect Donald Trump could extend the end date of the next continuing resolution past the end of March 2017.
December 01, 2016 -
The House Armed Services Committee Chairman is hoping President-elect Donald Trump will introduce a supplemental defense budget when he gets in office.
November 30, 2016 -
The Obama administration came in with a definite innovation agenda. You see it in countless ways, including the high interest in all things Silicon Valley. What might the innovation landscape look like under the Trump administration? Jonathan Aberman, chairman of venture capital firm Amplifier Ventures and of the non-profit Tandem NSI, shares his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin
November 30, 2016