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The success of the next president's management agenda will largely depend on having the right senior executives to serve as champions for the administration's goals, as well as the right performance plans to hold them accountable and drive noticeable outcomes. That's the message the Performance Institute, along with a coalition of other federal management organizations, will send to both candidates.
What might a Trump administration look like for federal managers? What would another Clinton in the Executive Office mean? Regardless of who wins the presidential election, by Nov. 9 the government workforce needs to be ready to go in any direction.
The new administration is going to have to hit the ground running if it wants to accomplish anything. But new administrations often bog down early. Why? And how can they hope to avoid it? Bob Tobias, a professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University, explains it to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The next president's administration will rely heavily on the Office of Management and Budget's expertise in crafting a governmentwide management agenda, but only after it gets a handle on the protracted budget process.
The Office of Personnel Management issued new guidance last month about human resource matters for SESers and outgoing political appointees. GAO plans to develop an app to focus on top federal management priorities for the next administration and members of Congress.
The next president's management agenda will be key in helping the new administration deliver on its agency priorities next year. The Partnership for Public Service offered a four-pronged road map to develop an implementation plan on the next president's agency and policy priorities.
The upcoming presidential transition will bring thousands of new faces to top leadership positions, but they might find federal ethics rules to be more stringent than what they've seen in the private sector.
Retirement-eligible federal employees are largely split over whether the upcoming presidential transition will impact their decisions to retire. An exclusive Federal News Radio survey found roughly 35 percent of respondents say the transition won't play a role in their decisions, but 18 percent say they're not sure.
For incoming politicals of the new administration, building a good working relationship with their inspector general is an opportunity to avoid early pitfalls in getting acclimated and improve the effectiveness of their organizations over the coming years.
The upcoming presidential transition, once complete, will bring nearly 4,000 new political appointees into the federal workforce, but the new presidential administration will need the existing career civil service to get policy off the ground.
Former government officials and veterans of the presidential transition process told Federal News Radio there's been a drive within the transition teams to build on the achievements of the previous effort between the George W. Bush and Obama administrations in 2008-09.
Former chief knowledge officers says the presidential transition is a good time to reassess how information is shared among employees, managers and administrations.
Should the government have a hangover pill for after the election? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there is such a thing and federal workers may need it big time.
How will the presidential transition affect you? And what are you likely to face in January? Find out when SEA acting president Jason Briefel joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn program. August 24, 2016