Tracking the Transition
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In today's Federal Newscast, more Pentagon employees are being told to telework because of an uptick in coronavirus infections in the National Capital Region.
November 23, 2020 -
Career staff and their knowledge are the most important and valuable asset of the federal government. Ensuring that they represent their organizations in a professional and helpful way during a transition will provide benefits government-wide and to individual organizations.
November 20, 2020 -
Yeah, things will change, but you'll still work in the same old bureaucracy.
November 13, 2020 -
President-Elect Joe Biden has packed his agency transition teams with former Obama-era appointees and former agency leaders. Read a roundup of some of the familiar faces reviewing the agencies most important to federal employees.
November 10, 2020 -
The Labor Department's OFCCP could bring new approaches to how a Biden administration would deal with contractors
November 10, 2020 -
Transition planning is necessary, because 43% Cabinet secretaries, deputy secretaries and undersecretaries during the Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama administrations have left within the first six months of the second presidential term, according to new data from the Partnership for Public Service.
November 07, 2019 -
If you're looking for total vindication or a "smoking gun" of how the Trump administration acted during the presidential transition, it's not here.
October 11, 2017 -
The Senior Executive Service must be allowed to play a key role in change and reorganization.
September 07, 2017 -
Though this has been one of the longest presidential transitions in recent history, the Partnership for Public Service it hasn't been so unusual. It has published a how-to guide for political transitions based on some of the lessons learned.
September 06, 2017 -
Comptroller General Gene Dodaro urges agencies to consider GAO's management recommendations as they implement their reform plans.
August 23, 2017 -
HUD, SBA, and DHS offer details on how they built their reorganization framework.
August 10, 2017 -
This week, the Senate confirmed a new deputy secretary of Defense, four more prospective DoD officials underwent their confirmation hearings, and the White House settled on candidates for two more Pentagon political appointees. But 30 of the department's political jobs still have no nominees.
July 20, 2017 -
Walter Shaub's resignation leaves a hole in an already small office, and a question mark about what direction the ethic's agency will go under a new leader.
July 10, 2017 -
Two months after the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act implementation, the DATA Act is proving to not only be a source of financial accountability, but a beacon, platform, and self-help tool for managing government.
June 30, 2017 -
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said his agency's budget reflects the priorities of the overarching fiscal 2018 budget.
June 22, 2017