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David Eagles, director of the Center for Presidential Transition, will discuss what his office is doing in the lead up to the 2016 Presidential election, and Eric Katz, staff writer for Government Executive, will discuss what a President Clinton or a President Trump would mean for federal agencies and employees. August 19, 2016
The next president, in order to hit the ground running during his or her first 100 days, will need a strategy for keeping the federal workforce's innovation projects from losing momentum.
The Office of Personnel Management wants to make sure political appointees hired during the current administration don't have an unfair advantage getting career jobs in the next administration.
Federal News Radio wants to hear from you about your retirement plans — and whether the upcoming presidential transition will impact your decision to stay or leave your agency.
As for the presidential transition, let's be real: 99 percent of what you do every day won't change.
The Senior Executives Association has a new guidebook for SES members who might not have a specific role on an agency transition team as their organization prepares for the upcoming change in administration. Several highly successful executives who have been through the experience before say even career executives have a role to play in the presidential transition.
When it comes to presidential transition plans at federal agencies, career federal employees say their managers aren't doing enough to keep them in the loop.
A conservative think-tank says federal pay and benefits don't line up with what's offered in the private sector, and seek to cut $333 billion in personnel costs over the next decade.
The National Academy of Public Administration has been holding panel discussions to come up with ideas for the next administration to hit the ground running.
Cross-agency collaboration will be key to a successful transition for the next presidential administration. That's one top-level finding from a series of workshops conducted by the National Academy of Public Administration. Don Kettl, professor of public policy at the University of Maryland and chairman of the NAPA collaboration panel joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the details.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is pushing for better integration and communication between the VA and Defense Department in her veterans policy plan. She proposes restructuring the Veterans Health Administration but specifically opposes efforts to privatize VA health care.
The Office of Government Ethics tweaked standards of ethical conduct for federal employees who seek new jobs outside the government. Federal employees must recuse themselves from agency matters if affect the financial interests of a prospective employer, the final rule said.
NAPA panel chair, Robert Shea, discusses how the presidential transition teams can avoid performance pitfalls through evidence-based approaches with some operational recommendations.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) sent letters to 23 agencies asking for details about the number of political appointees they've converted to career federal employees. Meanwhile, the topic of "burrowing in" is gaining special attention from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.