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Transition Advice from Experts
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 - 14:54
The July-August 2008 issue of Public Administration Review contains a trio of articles offering advice to the presidential candidates’ transition teams. Each of the articles offers advice based on experience and history. As might be expected, there are many parallels.
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Fixing the Nomination and Confirmation Process: Part II
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 - 19:48
This is the second entry in a two-part review of the federal appointee Nomination and Confirmation Process.
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Norman M. Macdonald
I wonder why an initiative as intelligent as the Brookings Presidential Appointee Initiative was allowed to wither in the Senate?
John Kamensky
Good question, Norm. I don't know. Do any other readers have some background on this?
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Fixing the Nomination and Appointment Process: Part I
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 - 17:18
This is the first entry in a two-part review of the federal appointee Nomination and Confirmation Process.
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Corporate View of Presidential Transition
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 - 15:53
INPUT, a research company that tracks government business, released a special report in April: “
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Cementing the Bush Management Legacy
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 - 13:21
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Norman M. Macdonald
The term "human capital"is at least a poor term. We fought four four bloody years and added several amendments to the Constitution to end the concept of humans chattel. As for the Bush "legacy" trying to keep it would be an exercise in futility. OMB did the right thing moving technology from political to career.
Phil Candreva
We should all pay particular attention to efforts to cement the legacy in the period between Election Day and Inauguration Day. William G. Howell and Kenneth R. Mayer published an important study entitled "The Last One Hundred Days" in Presidential Studies Quarterly in 2005. Especially at times of war and when the president-elect is from the opposing party, one can expect to see a marked increase in new regulations, executive orders, policies and other unilateral action by the "lame duck" administration. As the article notes, "The president's capacity to negotiate, broker deals, and ultimately persuade is, at last, depleted. His power, however, is not." (p. 537) For those of us who study and advise government, we should note to what extent these last minute actions affect the policy agenda of the incoming team.
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