Danny Werfel: How to manage with no one in the driver’s seat

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Danny Werfel: How to manage with no one in the driver’s seat

Call it the eighth year syndrome. It's the last year of a presidency and scores of politically appointed slots throughout the federal government are vacant, and...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

January 26, 2016 8:22 am

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Danny Werfel, director of public sector practice, Boston Consulting Group

Call it the eighth year syndrome. It's the last year of a presidency and scores of politically appointed slots throughout the federal government are vacant, and likely to stay that way until the next administration comes in. How do career executives manage through it? Federal Drive with Tom Temin gets some advice from Danny Werfel, former acting IRS commissioner and long-time federal financial exec. He's now a director in the public sector practice at the Boston Consulting Group.