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US Moves To Designate Agency CIOs as Political Appointees

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In the federal U.S. government, there are two types of employees, roughly speaking. One is the career-long civil servant, dedicated to the mission of the agency, who, true to the cause, stays put no matter the political party in favor. Then there are political appointees, those who tend to be replaced every election, especially in a system like the U.S.’s, when the political party changes power. These are more than gift jobs; however, those chos…

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Trump’s Budget Chief Moves to Authorize His Political Appointees to Make Spending Decisions

WASHINGTON—Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell T. Vought—the Trump administration’s top official in charge of guiding the federal bureaucracy’s day-to-day policy work—is transferring spending decision authority to his top political appointees. “I hereby delegate to the Program Associate Directors (PAD) the authorities delegated by the President to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for apportioning funds pursu…

8 days ago·New York, United States

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