Successful policy and program delivery relies on understanding technology and how to best work with technologists at your agency. The following tips will help you—as a senior leader in government—navigate challenges in five key areas so you can more effectively use technology to advance your agency’s mission.
Your success as a political appointee depends on how well you manage relationships with career staff and how well you contribute to a strong team. We recommend three important steps: engage career staff early and often, build a strong team and set clear governance structures.
To focus and execute your agenda in the federal environment, it is helpful to create a plan or roadmap. Below are five steps for successful execution, along with a few questions to ask yourself. Given your role, your agency, and your leadership style, how you tackle these five steps is up to you.
Managing relationships is a crucial part of your role. It is important to recognize and learn to build successful relationships with key players within the White House, the Office of Management and Budget and other federal agencies. Building effective relationships ensures the impact of your contributions outlives your tenure. The following worksheet will help you define and manage relationships with your stakeholders.
Managing relationships is a crucial part of your role. It is important to recognize existing successful relationships with key players in the White House, the Office of Management and Budget and other federal agencies and learn to build new ones. Effective relationships ensure the impact of your contributions outlives your tenure. The following tips and worksheet will help you define and manage relationships with your stakeholders.
The federal budget is one of the most significant policy instruments of the federal government and is used to fulfill constitutional responsibilities, implement policy priorities and fund the operations of government to serve the public. The main players in the federal budget process include the Office of Management and Budget, the Government Accountability Office, the Congressional Budget Office and inspectors general.
The federal budget is one of the most significant policy instruments of the federal government and is used to fulfill constitutional responsibilities, implement policy priorities, and fund the operations of government to serve the public. Understanding how to navigate this complex process to implement the president’s priorities is important to your success. This resource outlines key elements of each budget phase, how they affect you, and key information sources to learn more.
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.
This memo shares guidance and deadlines on transition planning to the President’s Management Council from the White House and OMB officials, including Alyssa Mastromonaco, Jeff Zients, Chris Lu and Nancy Hogan from August 2012. It includes guidance regarding naming a career agency lead for transition preparations, reviewing lines of succession, preparing agency briefing materials.