presidential transition
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Making the Capitol more remote is not the answer to the breach.
January 07, 2021 -
Joe Biden nominated of Kathleen Hicks as the deputy secretary of Defense and Colin Kahl as under secretary of Defense for Policy.
December 31, 2020 -
Missing the guardrails by inches, the nation's careening political apparatus has managed to fund the government for fiscal 2021.
December 29, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The executive order trying to ban certain types of diversity training is in trouble. During these last days in office, it looks like a first override is in the cards for President Trump. And postal workers might be getting vaccinated soon.
December 29, 2020 -
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Miguel Cardona, Connecticut’s education chief to serve as education secretary
December 23, 2020 -
The Biden team is listening closely to transition information from the Government Accountability Office. GAO has a lot of online resources not only for appointees, but also for new members of Congress.
December 23, 2020 -
The doctor might want to think twice about taking a political position.
December 23, 2020 -
This week on Amtower Off Center, Simon Szykman, chief technology officer at Attain, joins host Mark Amtower on Amtower Off Center to discuss the preparation and planning that federal agencies go through during presidential transitions.
December 23, 2020 -
Congress in the last few weeks may have sounded like a broken record, but the calendar will soon knock the needle somewhere.
December 21, 2020 -
President-elect Joe Biden says he had chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S. Regan as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his pick for interior secretary.
December 18, 2020 -
President-elect Joe Biden says he has chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S
December 17, 2020 -
The Office of Personnel Management has detailed guidance for federal employees working in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area during the week of Jan. 18. Most employees in the region will have two federal holidays that week.
December 17, 2020 -
In her first public statements since the Nov. 23 decision to ascertain the election results, Emily Murphy, the GSA administrator, explained her thinking behind the decision and how she prepared for it and dealt with the noise that came from it.
December 16, 2020 -
President-elect Joe Biden is nominating his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of Transportation and intends to choose former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as Energy secretary.
December 15, 2020 -
The president's recent Schedule F executive order allows agencies to reclassify career federal employees in certain policymaking positions into a new schedule of quasi political appointees.
December 15, 2020