With the upcoming inauguration of President Donald Trump, the Partnership for Public Service recently launched the Trump Political Appointee Tracker in collaboration with The Washington Post. This marks the third iteration of the tracker, which we first introduced in 2016.   Presidents have the ability to fill the executive branch and independent agencies with roughly 4,000…

Incoming presidents face a significant challenge and opportunity when entering office to fill more than 4,000 appointed roles across the executive branch.  We recently reviewed President-elect Donald Trump’s record-setting pace for senior personnel announcements, but little will be known until Inauguration Day about the progress in hiring the largest group of political appointees: the roughly…

The tracker will follow the progress of roughly 800 of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominations for Senate-confirmed political appointments WASHINGTON – The nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service, in partnership with The Washington Post, today announced the launch of the political appointments tracker to follow and analyze the progress of roughly 800 of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominations for Senate-confirmed political…