Tracking the Transition
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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 -
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to cut about 8 percent of its workforce through a VERA/VSIP program by Sept. 2.
June 20, 2017 -
The Small Business Administration is scrutinizing every FTE recruitment request, to ensure maximum employee performance and use of resources.
June 20, 2017 -
President Donald Trump unveiled details about his plan to privatize air traffic control. Instead of the FAA handling all aspects of general aviation, a non-profit entity would handle shift service and "route efficiency," and leave safety to the federal government.
June 05, 2017 -
By June, new appointees should be arriving in large numbers, but the Trump administration isn't following the traditional path. Federal HR expert Jeff Neal asks, what can a federal employee do to survive and thrive in this slo-mo presidential transition?
May 31, 2017 -
The Trump administration’s first 100 days concludes with several policy initiatives and agreeing to a budget plan to avoid a government shutdown.
April 27, 2017 -
President Trump issued an executive order for federal agencies to review their policies and procedures for buying American. He suspect loopholes in buy-American laws are too often used when the government buys. Agencies are to forward their legal and procedural reviews to Commerce Secretary Wilber Ross, who will in turn deliver a draft set of recommendations by the end of the year.
April 20, 2017