The Presidential Transition
OPM clears Trump’s beachhead teams for landing
Existing authorities allow the president-elect to make certain temporary appointments during the transition to a new administration.
IRS chief predicts agency 'performance will backslide' if funds and staffing are cut
The agency says it is fully prepared for filing season in the near term but backlogs could return if the Trump administration pulls back resources.
Top Oversight Democrat says he’s open to collaborate with the DOGE
The new Department of Government Efficiency — which, despite the “department” referenced in its name, is an advisory effort, not a government department — has aims to trim the federal workforce and hunt efficiencies in tech and fraud reduction efforts.
Outgoing VA chief meets with Trump's 'very serious' transition team to discuss budget shortfall, other issues
Secretary Denis McDonough shares concerns about staffing with Trump's VA team, which is making dozens of requests for information during transition period.
Want to reform the federal government? Start with career execs
COMMENTARY | Career senior executives are a national asset, not tools of agency heads. It’s time to manage them as the valuable resource they are, argues one expert.
OPM outlines pay, benefits rules for appointees resigning on Inauguration Day
The federal government’s HR agency also highlighted the ramifications of Jan. 20 coinciding with Martin Luther King Day for D.C.-area federal workers.
Trump says his transition with the Biden administration is ‘not smooth’
Other reports, including from Trump's own chief of staff, indicate the process is going according to plan.
As Trump mulls his FEMA pick, a political land mine awaits in Florida
The president-elect's eventual nominee to lead the emergency management agency will be caught between Florida's disaster relief and FEMA's funding problems.
See where and how Biden grew the federal workforce
Trump slashed rolls at most agencies and is pledging to do so again after Biden boosted the civil service.
Musk and Ramaswamy to confront Congress in struggle for control of the public purse
The duo will need to garner support from hundreds of members of Congress for any of their suggested spending cuts as co-chairs of the nongovernmental Department of Government Efficiency, to become law. That is an uphill slog many have failed at before.
What does the U.S. attorney general actually do?
The position is one of the most important in the federal executive branch.
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Tech leader says DOGE has Washington ‘inspired and fired up’
ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott believes there is genuine momentum building behind President-elect Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.
USPS privatization again under consideration, Trump says
The president-elect suggested he could bring back an idea from his first term that proved unpopular with both parties in Congress.
What does the head of the Education Department do?
The secretary of education helps set national priorities in a system primarily funded and guided by local governments.
What does the director of the FBI do?
The role of both the FBI and its leader have dramatically shifted over time.
OMB releases its federal technology impact report as the Biden administration winds down
Clare Martorana, the federal CIO, says she expects federal IT to stay bipartisan.
Could Biden’s recent strategy to streamline government hiring be scuttled under Trump?
One of the purposes of the administration’s federal hiring improvement plan is to make agencies aware of hiring tools they already have access to.
An open letter to the public administration and public management communities
COMMENTARY | “We must reexamine the fundamental values that drive our work…[and] we need a vigorous debate about the basic principles of the field,” argues one expert.
Some Republicans remain unsold on Hegseth
Sexual-assault allegation cited along with other concerns about Trump's pick for defense secretary.
