Paul Lawrence, principal, Ernst & Young LLP

Every career federal employee has wondered how the political appointees manage to manage.

Career federal executives have asked themselves this question for ages: How do political executives manage federal agencies? For the past four years, researchers at Ernst and Young have been following the fortunes of Obama Administration appointees. They’ve put what they learned into a new book, What Government Does How Political Executives Manage.

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