Tracking the Transition
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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.
September 07, 2016 -
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.
September 06, 2016 -
Members of the Clinton-Kaine and Trump-Pence transition teams met with Obama administration officials on Aug. 25 to discuss a host of topics, including an overview of agency planning efforts, the General Services Administration-led transition team support, emergency preparedness, personnel onboarding processes and upcoming milestones.
August 26, 2016 -
Former chief knowledge officers says the presidential transition is a good time to reassess how information is shared among employees, managers and administrations.
August 24, 2016 -
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.
August 24, 2016 -
The next president, in order to hit the ground running during his or her first 100 days, will need a strategy for keeping the federal workforce's innovation projects from losing momentum.
August 17, 2016 -
Federal News Radio wants to hear from you about your retirement plans — and whether the upcoming presidential transition will impact your decision to stay or leave your agency.
August 15, 2016 -
As for the presidential transition, let's be real: 99 percent of what you do every day won't change.
August 11, 2016 -
The Senior Executives Association has a new guidebook for SES members who might not have a specific role on an agency transition team as their organization prepares for the upcoming change in administration. Several highly successful executives who have been through the experience before say even career executives have a role to play in the presidential transition.
August 10, 2016 -
When it comes to presidential transition plans at federal agencies, career federal employees say their managers aren't doing enough to keep them in the loop.
August 10, 2016 -
The National Academy of Public Administration has been holding panel discussions to come up with ideas for the next administration to hit the ground running.
August 09, 2016 -
Familiar debates over the caps set in the Budget Control Act will crop again during the next administration, defense budget analyst Todd Harrison said at a press briefing marking the fifth anniversary of the 2011 law. The Defense Department has avoided many of the dire consequences it predicted would happen during 10 years of "devastating cuts." But it's used a series of workarounds to dodge many of the impacts.
August 02, 2016 -
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is pushing for better integration and communication between the VA and Defense Department in her veterans policy plan. She proposes restructuring the Veterans Health Administration but specifically opposes efforts to privatize VA health care.
July 28, 2016 -
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) sent letters to 23 agencies asking for details about the number of political appointees they've converted to career federal employees. Meanwhile, the topic of "burrowing in" is gaining special attention from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
July 21, 2016 -
The Office of Management and Budget said it's taking stock of its accomplishments over the past eight years, as well as the items it has left on its cybersecurity to-do list, before the upcoming presidential transition. Implementing pieces of the new cyber workforce strategy is a top priority for the Obama administration during its last six months.
July 20, 2016