Tracking the Transition
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Listen to the career people without judgment, but expect them to brief you without their personal agendas.
November 25, 2016 -
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) asked the Government Accountability Office to review potential conflicts of interest, possible violations of security protocol and issues of transparency and logistics of President-elect Donald Trump's transition. Meanwhile, two other lawmakers are once again raising concerns about the potential for political appointees to "burrow in" to career positions.
November 23, 2016 -
Seven thousand Senior Executive Service members will act as the interface between the incoming Trump appointees and everyone else in the government. But, Margot Conrad, director of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the SES itself needs a little love and attention.
November 23, 2016 -
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain called on Defense Secretary Ash Carter to refrain from making any last minute policy changes.
November 22, 2016 -
Trump's defense transition team adds its 10th member. The landing team is heavily stocked with former military and defense industry representatives.
November 21, 2016 -
The General Services Administration’s releases a solicitation for a vendor to set up a political appointee orientation program. The National Academy of Public Administration says training is a big missing piece to the presidential transition.
November 18, 2016 -
Three agency inspectors general say the ongoing presidential transition won't sway their work overseeing federal agencies. They also advised the procurement industry to make documents and individuals more accessible during audits.
November 17, 2016 -
Jeff Neal, former chief human capital officer at DHS, explains how the incoming administration should best use the Office of Personnel Management.
November 17, 2016 -
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are getting a new boss when the Trump administration take over in January. How do you prepare and how as a manager can you prepare your people? Mallory Barg Bulman, director of research at the Partnership for Public Service, shares some answers on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 16, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management released the calendar year 2017 federal holiday schedule, including the plan for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
November 16, 2016 -
About 4,000 political appointees will leave the Obama administration in the next nine weeks. While conversations over policy, budget and organizational structure will take center stage, questions about your pay and benefits may not. Federal News Radio reviewed the Office of Personnel Management's transition guide in search of the answers.
November 14, 2016 -
President-elect Donald Trump's organization will most likely meet with the Defense Department this week. That could have some implications for Defense Secretary Ash Carter's legacy.
November 14, 2016 -
In an exclusive Federal News Radio survey, federal employees say the incoming Trump administration will have a big impact on the federal budget as well as their benefits and ability to do their jobs.
November 14, 2016 -
Winning is one thing. Now President-elect Donald Trump must prove he can govern. That means working through and with dozens of federal agencies and millions of federal employees. Donald Kettl, professor of public policy at the University of Maryland, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on that task at hand.
November 14, 2016 -
The White House has a goal: to improve upon the 2008 presidential transition, widely acknowledged as the smoothest exchange of power between administrations in U.S. history.
November 14, 2016