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DorobekInsider: USDA gets approval for employee buy outs from OPM as mega-management reorg continuesThe Agriculture Department is moving forward with its controversial mega-management reorganization and today, USDA officials announced that the agency has received approval from the Office of Personnel Management to move forward with early retirement offers…
November 25, 2009 -
Yes — more than 10 months into the Obama administration — and Martha Johnson, the nominee to be the administrator of the General Services Administration, is still awaiting Senate confirmation. The issue: Sen. Kit Bond…
October 14, 2009 -
The DorobekInsider told you first this week that the White House was going to announce — soon — that Daniel Gordon [PDF], the deputy general counsel for the Government Accountability Office, would be nominated to…
October 02, 2009 -
A memo from OPM Director John Berry has started to leak out that seems to give the OPM CIO greater visibility and authority within the agency — and a direct report to the OPM director…
September 10, 2009 -
Dave McClure, formerly of the Government Accountability Office and most recently from Gartner, will head the General Services Administration’s Office of Citizen Services and Communications, which leads the government’s outreach to the public through Web…
August 18, 2009 -
No rulemaking agency hits more closely to your stomach, or maybe even your medicine cabinet, than the FDA. That agency’s leader is looking at new ways to enforce the rules. So what exactly IS her…
August 13, 2009 -
The DorobekInsider has learned that the General Services Administration this afternoon will name Michael Robertson, who currently serves as GSA’s White House liaison, as the associate administrator of GSA’s Office of Governmentwide Policy and the…
August 10, 2009 -
The Senate confirmed around 60 executive branch nominees right before they left for their August recess. But still on hold are the nominations of several individuals chosen for high-profile positions, including Martha Johnson to lead…
August 10, 2009 -
I haven’t been able to get any “official” details from the Transportation Department on the newly DOT CIO Nitin Pradham, but… they have posted his bio on the DOT CIO Web site. Mr. Nitin Pradhan…
July 15, 2009 -
A number of people comings & goings in the past few days… * DOT CIO Nitin Harban I mentioned this a few days ago — at that time unconfirmed — that there was a new…
July 09, 2009 -
The Obama administration has nominated Christopher P. Bertram to be the Transportation Department’s chief financial officer, otherwise known by the wonderful title of Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs. From the White House write-up: Christopher…
July 07, 2009 -
The Senate Friday confirmed the nomination of Jeffrey Zients to be the OMB deputy director of management and the Obama administration’s chief performance officer. The Senate Homeland Security Committee had signed off on his nomination…
June 22, 2009 -
Senate Homeland Security Committee holds confirmation hearings for Tara O\'Toole, President Obama\'s nominee to head up the Science and Technology Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security. O\'Toole brings a background in medicine and science to the job overseeing the development of technology for the agencies tasked with protecting the nation.
June 19, 2009 -
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A former DEA head and DHS undersecretary weighs in on the current state of leadership in fighting the drug trade.
June 10, 2009