Your agency after COVID: What’s next for you?

Once the war against COVID (with 900,000 plus U.S. casualties) is declared to be over, long-time feds know what’s next: The media will be there of course, second-guessing decisions which, at the time, seemed like the right (or only) thing to do. But first steps will be taken by Washington-based politicians with jurisdictions over the various federal departments, agencies and bureaus involved in the pandemic fight. Those conducting the investigations/witchhunts (choose one) will either be savvy long-time pols who survived the mid-terms or newcomers anxious to make their political bones.…

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How to Transform a Massive Government Agency: Lessons From a Trump Appointee

Shortly after taking office as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson recruited a retired finance and strategy expert to become the agency’s chief financial officer. Irving Dennis, appointed by President Donald Trump in late 2017, stepped into the job and quickly discovered the mess he inherited. Dennis spent 37 years at Ernst & Young, a major accounting firm. He would use that private-sector experience to fix HUD. In a new book, “Transforming a Federal Agency: Management Lessons from HUD’s Financial Reconstruction,” Dennis recounts…

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US president delays Denmark visit over Greenland row – Anadolu Agency

US president delays Denmark visit over Greenland row  Anadolu Agency Trump cancels Denmark visit amid spat over sale of Greenland  BBC News Trump tweets image of enormous Trump Tower on Greenland  South China Morning Post Trump calls off Denmark trip after prime minister rejects idea of US buying Greenland  ABC News Danish royals ‘surprised’ after Trump scraps visit over Greenland sale  Evening Standard View full coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

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