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Attention federal employees: Please take the Public Service Viewpoint Survey. Survey Website Link:
ourpublicservice.org/public-servi...
Time: 6-8 minutes Deadline: December 19, 11:59pm EST Audience: Permanent, civilian, career federal employees are eligible to participate.
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Public Service Viewpoint Survey
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.
https://ourpublicservice.org/public-service-viewpoint-survey/
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Sam Bagenstos
8 months ago
I never thought I'd see a major newspaper do a story about a provision of the Uniform Grants Guidance. It's a good story, too. But the crucial point is that the guidance language doesn't give the admin the power to do anything it doesn't otherwise have legal authority to do.
wapo.st/3Y5E2iW
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These 5 words have killed millions in grants and advanced Trump’s agenda
Five words in an obscure regulation are being deployed by Trump’s appointees to kill grants unilaterally across the government.
https://wapo.st/3Y5E2iW
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reposted by
Kevin R. Kosar
8 months ago
Just posted. A helpful primer!
www.understandingcongress.org/2025/03/10/t...
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reposted by
Anne Joseph O’Connell
8 months ago
Read this. Trump is claiming inherent power to name an acting head of a Senate confirmed board, where the Vacancies Act doesn’t apply (and there’s no agency succession provision). Forget removal. This is Appointments Clause madness. Means he could name folks to MSPB and NLRB without the Senate.
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Anne Joseph O’Connell
8 months ago
Some of my thoughts included.Â
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate
The Trump White House has taken its attempt to seize direct control...
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusive-trump-makes-aggressive-new-claim-of-executive-power-to-circumvent-the-senate
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Molly Reynolds
9 months ago
Turns out the person we all need in this moment is...an administrative law prof who also has a PhD in political science. More A+ content from
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social
(with runner-up points to
@qjurecic.bsky.social
for the phrase "Rumsfeld-ian deluge")
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
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Lawfare Daily: The Legality of OPM's "Deferred Resignations”
Discussing the "Fork in the Road" email.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfare-daily--the-legality-of-opm's--deferred-resignations
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For those interested in the Trump Administration's proposed buyouts. This is the best explainer I have seen.
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10 months ago
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Nick Bednar
10 months ago
Over at
@lawfare.bsky.social
, I have an essay reviewing the executive orders and how they affect the federal workforce.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/pres...
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President Trump and The Civil Service: Day 1
This week’s actions to reshape personnel policy enable the Trump administration to more easily politicize the ranks of the federal workforce and diminish its size.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/president-trump-and-the-civil-service--day-1
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Heath Brown
11 months ago
Read
@sam-workman.bsky.social
great post on DOGE new
@3streamsblog.bsky.social
medium.com/3streams/to-...
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To DOGE Or Not To DOGE
Where and how can government be more efficient?
https://medium.com/3streams/to-doge-or-not-to-doge-43c18646fdc4
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reposted by
Anne Joseph O’Connell
12 months ago
I think Trump could take a Republican member already at a commission and make them an acting cabinet secretary—Hester Pierce? Hasn’t been done before: Presidents have drawn from other confirmed officials but haven’t turned to independent agencies. But you have a bunch of confirmed Republicans now.
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reposted by
Nick Bednar
12 months ago
Over at
@lawfare.bsky.social
, I have a primer on how the Trump Administration may seek to exercise its authority over the civil service.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-pr...
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A Primer on the Civil Service and the Trump Administration
The broad discretion afforded to presidents to shape personnel policy poses a threat to the civil service during the Trump administration.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-primer-on-the-civil-service-and-the-trump-administration
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reposted by
Anne Joseph O’Connell
12 months ago
And he cannot be named under the Vacancies Act. (I did answer the query about Patriot Mindset).
www.reuters.com/fact-check/v...
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Fact Check: Vacancies Act cannot be used to appoint Matt Gaetz attorney general
After President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January 2025, he cannot use a federal vacancies law to install Matt Gaetz as attorney general without Senate approval, as posts on social media are suggesting he will do.
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/vacancies-act-cannot-be-used-appoint-matt-gaetz-attorney-general-2024-11-21/
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reposted by
Don Moynihan
about 1 year ago
New, from Don Kettl & I: "Unelected bureaucrats" has become a political put-downs. The implication is that unelected means unaccountable, and therefore illegitimate. We explain the different ways civil servants are accountable, maybe more so than politicians
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/unelected-...
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"Unelected Bureaucrats" Are More Accountable Than You Think
Democratic accountability takes many forms other than elections
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/unelected-bureaucrats-are-more-accountable
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