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
Biden Should Act Like ‘CEO’ of Federal Workforce, Experts Suggest
Members of a working group at the National Academy of Public Administration said merely rolling back President Trump’s workforce policies will not be enough to empower federal employees—they will need active support from the top.
Management
Biden Team Says Transition Delay Could Hinder Vaccine Distribution
“More people may die if we don’t coordinate,” with the Trump administration, said President-elect Joe Biden earlier this week.
Management
Trump’s Purge of Defense Agencies Comes at a Vulnerable Time for U.S. National Security
Investigations of the 9/11 attacks show that a short, unstable transition between two presidents can weaken U.S security. Trump's sweeping staff changes compound the risk, experts say.
Tech
GovExec Daily: The Tech Priorities For the Incoming Administration
Nextgov's Frank Konkel joins the podcast to discuss the the Biden White House's plans for when they take office in January.
Tech
Trump Fires DHS Exec Who Disputed President's Baseless Election Fraud Claims
After helping to keep the election secure from hackers, the CISA director turned to refuting the baseless claims of the president.
Management
Regulatory Affairs Veteran Shares Insights on Trump’s Cutbacks and What Lies Ahead for Biden
"Judge the person relative to what you want them to do," said Jim Tozzi, on selecting a new Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs administrator.
Management
Major Federal Employee Union Urges Biden to Restore Collaborative Labor Relations
NTEU publishes recommendations for the presidential transition, encouraging an end to President Trump’s antagonism of unions.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The Incoming Administration's Federal Workforce Priorities
Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss the Biden team's potential plans for the civil service.
Management
How Biden's Team Seeks to Mitigate the Impact of a Delayed Transition
As the Trump administration refuses to initiate statutorily required steps, Biden will tap into vast government experience.
Management
Lawmakers Urge Justice Department to Suspend Executions During Transition
President-elect Biden seeks to get rid of the death penalty, but the Trump administration has not formally recognized him as the winner.
Management
President-Elect Biden's New COVID-19 Task Force Gives the U.S. a Fresh Chance to Turn around a Public Health Disaster
Biden will begin his presidency in the midst of a global public health crisis that's already killed over 240,000 people in the US alone. His team is already planning how to get COVID-19 under control.
Management
GovExec Daily: The Stalled Presidential Transition
The Center for Presidential Transition's David Marchick joins the podcast to discuss what the Biden team is missing without ascertainment.
Management
Former GSA Administrator Reflects on Ascertaining the Election in 2016
“If there’s anything that I would point to, it is really how important this activity and moment is,” said Denise Turner Roth of the presidential transition.
Management
Proposed Executive Order for Biden Would 'Reinvigorate' Federal Workforce, Make OPM a Cabinet-Level Agency
The National Academy of Public Administration has drafted a directive that would reverse Trump's workforce edicts and elevate the federal government's personnel agency.
Oversight
The Last Time Trump Alleged Massive Fraud
After the 2016 election, President Trump claimed that millions of votes had been illegally cast. The commission he established to investigate this came up empty-handed.
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