Tracking the Transition
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President-elect Donald Trump says Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency.”
November 12, 2024 -
One person familiar with fed advocacy groups said: “Folks are trying to figure out how to respond, but have chosen to do more behind the scenes right now."
November 12, 2024 -
Officials on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team said this year’s transition planning efforts will be “about as different as possible” from 2016.
November 11, 2024 -
Transition experts say cooperating with GSA is critical to ensure the Trump administration has the cybersecurity resources necessary to protect sensitive data.
November 11, 2024 -
Kentucky Republican Rand Paul is in line to take the gavel at HSGAC, the main committee for federal workforce, technology and procurement issues.
November 08, 2024 -
Federal News Network conducted an online survey to gauge federal employees’ feelings after the election of Donald Trump as president.
November 08, 2024 -
The reappearance of a policy similar to Schedule F is likely, federal workforce experts say. But it would look different in a second Trump term.
November 08, 2024 -
Trump says in a second term, his administration would continue to “move parts of the sprawling federal bureaucracy to new locations" outside D.C.
November 07, 2024 -
The second term of President-elect Trump will likely bring changes for the federal workforce tried out in the first term. Telework could be out, Schedule F in!
November 07, 2024 -
The General Services Administration says it’s standing at the ready to give Trump’s transition team post-election resources.
November 07, 2024 -
If the Trump administration is stalled in implementing Schedule F, experts say it has other levers to pull to target federal employees.
November 06, 2024 -
Some groups congratulated President-elect Trump on his win. Many expressed concerns for the possible return of former Trump policies that would “harm” feds.
November 06, 2024 -
The president-elect now has a 75-day transition period to build out his team before Inauguration Day on Jan. 20.
November 06, 2024 -
Agencies interested in converting a current or former political appointee to a permanent position in the career civil service must get approval from the Office of Personnel Management first.
February 22, 2021 -
Most career executives are accustomed to the steady stream of new directives and memos at the start of new administrations, but it puts pressure on them to ensure their employees don't experience policy whiplash.
February 03, 2021