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Oct 30, 2020

The battle over President Donald Trump’s order to strip civil service protections from a wide swath of the federal workforce began on multiple fronts this week, as lawmakers introduced a plan to rescind the order and a federal employee union sued to block its implementation.

Erich Wagner is covering the executive...


Oct 29, 2020

The 2020 presidential election is next week, but Election Day is only the start of the real work for parts of the federal government. The transition period between the election and the inauguration on Wednesday, January 20 will be crucial for the government.

Officials will have to either prepare the machinery of...


Oct 28, 2020

In September, President Donald Trump signed an executive order essentially forbidding any diversity and inclusion training sessions at federal agencies and contractors that could be considered “divisive.” Soon thereafter, OMB chief Russ Vought sent a memo to agencies clarifying that swift action should be taken...


Oct 27, 2020

Americans are not monolithic in the way they believe problems should be solved or how government should be executed, but the actual governance of the past generation has tracked along certain philosophies and sets of standards. As we examine the failed pandemic response, perhaps it’s time to reexamine current...


Oct 25, 2020

Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would create a new classification of “policy-making” federal employees. It's arguably the biggest effort in history to change more than 100 years of government policy promoting professional expertise in government. The EO has been roundly criticized...