presidential transition
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Carol Bonosaro, president of the Senior Executives Association, discusses what the next few weeks, and the next four years, will be like for political appointees and federal workers. January 23, 2013
January 23, 2013 -
The best way to prepare for November's presidential election is to avoid political distractions. Managers also should prepare a list of programs they wish to cut.
June 19, 2012 -
The massive shift of workers out of the National Security Personnel System over to the General Schedule is on track, Federal News Radio reports.
October 07, 2010 -
Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act of 2010 gives the administration-elect better access to feds. John Palguta has details.
October 05, 2010 -
A small army of American diplomats left behind is embarking on a long and perilous path to keeping Iraq from slipping back to the brink of civil war. Michael Corbin is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs for Iraq issues explains the road ahead.
August 25, 2010 -
These posts are often difficult to write because… well, the situation appears fluid and the facts aren’t all in place yet. And given the nature of the issues, people don’t really want to talk about…
May 21, 2010 -
Hoping to make the third nomination the charm, the White House has tapped FBI Deputy Director John Pistole to head the Transportation Security Administration. Former nominee Erroll Southers tells us what\'s at stake.
May 19, 2010 -
Very quietly, the Commerce Department has named Simon Szykman as the agency’s new CIO. Szykman previously served as the CIO of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)… and before joining NIST, he was…
May 18, 2010 -
More than a dozen of the government\'s top oversight jobs unfilled. John Solomon, journalist-in-residence at the Center for Public Integrity, explains.
May 11, 2010 - DorobekINSIDER: The blog becomes a radio show… and programming changes at Federal News Radio 1500 AM
There will be some changes coming to Federal News Radio 1500 AM. We told you last week that Jane Norris, who has been one of the anchors on Federal News Radio 1500 AM for the…
May 07, 2010 -
Legislation builds on Bush-to-Obama transition success.
April 26, 2010 -
The recent presidential transition from the Bush to Obama Administrations has been called one of the best in history. But lawmakers are considering legislation that would further streamline the peaceful hand-off of governmental authority. Would a reduction in the number of political appointees requiring Senate confirmation be part of that streamlining?
April 23, 2010 -
Many GSA watchers believe that one of the longstanding systemic issues within GSA were regional administrators. The issue: Did the regional administrators report to the GSA administrator. Because the regional administrators are political appointees, it…
April 21, 2010 -
My countdown of the three biggest news stories of the week, as chosen by experts on the Federal government
April 16, 2010 -
DorobekINSIDER: Most read items for the week of March 28-April 3: DOD CIO and the Guam capsizing question The most read stories for the week of March 28-April 3… on the DorobekINSIDER.com, on the Daily…
April 04, 2010