Memo from Beth Cobert, Acting Director Office of Personnel Management announcing suspension of agency Senior Executive Service (SES) qualifications review boards (QRB) when agency heads depart, and across all agencies as of December 7, 2016. This memo also details the required resignations for non-term presidential appointees.
This document features over one hundred sample job descriptions for senior positions that are presidential appointments which are Senate confirmed (PAS). This file has position descriptions for senior roles in 28 agencies. Data includes prior appointees, responsibilities and authorities for roles including Secretary/Director/Administrator, Deputy, CFO, General Council, Inspector General and other key management and policy roles. This document is in Microsoft Word for customization.
Shared services allows the government to redirect resources to critical mission activities and strategic priorities and provide shared platforms in areas such as cybersecurity, benefits, law enforcement, financial services and defense.
Using a shared services provider to carry out these functions enables the government to standardize, reduce and cut administrative costs. It can also enhance service quality by improving processes and incorporating secure, innovative technologies across government agencies at the same time.
Shared services can also enable government to achieve enterprise goals by improving its ability to work across agency boundaries and achieve economies of scale.
Learn how the next administration has an opportunity to use shared services to improve how government is managed and enhance the administration’s ability to carry out policy priorities.
A sample memo that agencies can use to brief their employees regarding an upcoming presidential transition.
This handbook has been prepared by Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. It is for for transition teams, as well as new Administration officials. It is designed to provide a quick overview of the role of the Inspector General (IG), their processes, reports, independence, and role in the transition. It includes an overview about the role of the IG and what they do.
Report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that provides information on conversions of political appointees to career positions, and reviews the implementation and effectiveness of the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) policy for reviewing conversions, which went into effect in 2010.
Infographic prepared by the Center forPresidential Transition with information on the status of information technology (IT). Data focuses on cybersecurity, workforce, aging systems, and customer experience.
This is a memorandum to agency transition directors and agency points of contact on transition from Anita Breckenridge, deputy chief of staff at the White House, Andrew Mayock, deputy director for management at OMB and Tim Horne, federal transition coordinator at GSA. The memo, released on Sept. 14, 2016, provides guidance on presidential transition preparations, including off-boarding non-career employees, succession planning, engagement with transition teams pre-election, and agency briefing materials, agency review team preparations.
On the campaign trail, the presidential candidates promise swift action on policy promises. Come January, the next occupant of the Oval Office will need to transform these campaign promises into policies and programs that produce positive outcomes for the American people. During the past year, the Partnership for Public Service and the IBM Center for The Business of Government held roundtable dialogues with a wide range of experts to inform the next president and the new administration’s team about critical management issues. Through these discussions and accompanying reports we have developed a management roadmap for the next administration.
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The inspectors general serve as the canary in the coal mine, warning federal leaders of agency risks and vulnerabilities. They also have a unique, long-term perspective on their organizations since they typically remain in place through changes in leadership. In this report, “Walking the Line: Inspectors General Balancing Independence and Impact,” the Partnership for Public Service and Grant Thornton Public Sector set out to identify ways incoming agency leaders and Congress can form constructive relationships with the IG community.