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.
To facilitate the transition to a new administration, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued its 2016 Presidential Transition Guide. The Guide provides the incoming administration and agency officials with transition responsibilities a detailed description of the various rules, regulations and policies that govern the establishment of transition teams.
This infographic outlines some of the presidential transition tasks the candidates’ teams will take on in the summer before the election.
This infographic describes the first 100 days of the presidential transition.
Companion piece to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Nominee Ethics Guide includes financial disclosure checklists, rules for reporting and ongoing financial reporting requirements.
This infographic describes the national security risks of a poorly executed transition and the need to get appointees with national security responsibilities in early in an administration