Management
Transition Roundup: Advice for Biden Administration Job-Seekers; GAO Launches Transition Resources
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
How Biden and Kerry Could Rebuild America’s Global Climate Leadership
Kerry’s decades of experience and the international relationships he developed as a senator and secretary of state may give him a chance.
Management
GovExec Daily: Biden's Post-Ascertainment Transition
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss how the incoming administration is connecting with agencies.
Management
House Leadership Demands Accounting of Political Burrowing, Schedule F Activities
Lawmakers again urge congressional appropriators to block the Trump administration from implementing its executive order that threatens to politicize the civil service.
Management
Transition Roundup: Top Economic and Communications Officials Named; Biden Receives First Presidential Daily Briefing
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
GovExec Daily: How Biden Can Rebuild Government
Philip K. Howard joins the podcast to discuss how the incoming administration can reconfigure bureaucracy for better government.
Workforce
Inside How Biden Is Learning About Federal Agencies, Both Officially and Unofficially
The president-elect transition's team is now gleaning information from federal workers through multiple channels.
Management
Transition Roundup: Biden Team Makes Contact With Over 50 Agencies; Progressives Target OMB and Regulatory Affairs Picks
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
HHS Seeks Feedback on Pandemic Regulatory Actions
The Trump administration is making a final push for deregulation during lame duck period.
Management
Transition Roundup: Trump Refuses to Concede; Biden Teams Prepare to Go Into Agencies
There's a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed.
Management
Biden Reportedly Will Nominate Janet Yellen to Become Nation’s First Female Treasury Secretary
If confirmed, Janet Yellen would be the first woman to ever hold the three most influential economic positions in U.S. government history.
Management
GSA Gives Green Light for Presidential Transition to Biden Administration to Formally Begin
The Biden team can now meet with agency personnel, receive briefing materials and access millions of dollars in funds.
Management
GSA Agrees to Brief Congress on Delayed Transition — Next Week
Briefings will occur on November 30 and will be closed to the press.
Management
The Women Who Could Lead Biden’s Economic Recovery
A significant number of women are being considered for key economic slots in the Biden administration, including as secretaries of Treasury, Commerce and Labor.
Oversight
GovExec Daily: The Effects of the Ascertainment Delay
George Washington University's Steven L. Schooner joins the podcast to discuss GSA chief Emily Murphy's decision to not officially start the transition.
Management
A Brief History of Presidents Snubbing Their Successors – and Why the Founders Favored Civility Instead
'Mind your manners' isn't just something your mother told you. Manners – and civility – are an essential component of how things get done in government, and the Founding Fathers knew it.
Management
VA Asks for Broader Definition of Management in What Union Fears Is an Effort to Purge Members
Union officials said they fear the department’s request to the Federal Labor Relations Authority, combined with President Trump’s controversial Schedule F executive order, could amount to a last-minute effort to strip federal workers of collective bargaining rights.
Management
Democrats Demand GSA Briefing on Delayed Presidential Transition By Monday
House Democrats also question actions by the White House in the run-up to the election.
Management
GovExec Daily: Transitions Are Not Always Easy
Aron Solomon joins the podcast to discuss previous rocky handoffs between administrations.
Management