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2004 PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION S E R I E S FROM Becoming an Effective Political Executive: 7 Lessons from Experienced Appointees Judith E. Michaels Essays on Working in Washington by: John H. Trattner, Council for Excellence in Government Dana Michael Harsell, Hartwick College Mark A. Abramson, IBM Center for The Business of Government Paul R. Lawrence, IBM Business Consulting Services Second Edition January 2005 Part II Essays on Working in Washington Working with the Congress By John H. Trattner Working with the Media By John H. Trattner Working with Career Executives to Manage for Results By Dana Michael Harsell Working to Transform Your Organization By Mark A. Abramson and Paul R. Lawrence 20 IBM Center for The Business of Government BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE POLITICAL EXECUTIVE Working to Transform Your Organization By Mark A. Abramson, IBM Center for The Business of Government and Paul R. Lawrence, IBM Business Consulting Services (Adapted from Transforming Organizations) Transforming organizations is hard work. It is not • Department of Defense (DoD) under Deputy From these case studies of the four organizations, for the fainthearted or thin-skinned. A leader is Secretary (and then Secretary) William Perry. eight common lessons emerged about how lead- not going to win many new friends or popularity The DoD case study focuses on procure- ers successfully undertake large-scale transforma- contests by undertaking major transformation ini- ment reform within the Department of tion initiatives. tiatives. In spite of the difficulty, we expect trans- Defense, including key roles played by formation to continue as 20th century bureaucracies Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Lesson 1: Select the Right Person are streamlined into high-performing 21st century and Technology Paul Kaminski, Deputy organizations. -
Sending a Letter
August 18, 2015 ! 1156!15th!St.!NW,!Suite!1250! Washington,!D.C.!20005! Steve Stenger, County Executive (202)!795<9300! www.rcfp.org! Peter Krane, County Counselor Bruce!D.!Brown! Steven Robson, Assistant County Counselor Executive!Director! [email protected]!!!(202)!795<9301 41 South Central Avenue Clayton, MO 63105 STEERING!COMMITTEE! ! STEPHEN!J.!ADLER! Reuters' SCOTT!APPLEWHITE! The'Associated'Press' Dear Sirs: WOLF!BLITZER! CNN' DAVID!BOARDMAN! The undersigned coalition of news organizations writes to object to your Temple'University' CHIP!BOK! office’s recent decisions to pursue criminal charges against a number of Creators'Syndicate' JAN!CRAWFORD! journalists arrested or detained last summer during the protests in Ferguson. CBS'News'' MICHAEL!DUFFY! Time' The fact that these journalists were kept from doing their jobs was RICHARD!S.!DUNHAM! Tsinghua'University,'Beijing' troublesome enough. But the fact that your office – after having had time to ASHLEA!EBELING!! reflect on police actions for a full year – has chosen to pursue criminal Forbes'Magazine' SUSAN!GOLDBERG! prosecution now is astonishing. National'Geographic' FRED!GRAHAM! Founding'Member' Last summer, after hearing that journalists were being arrested in Ferguson, JOHN!C.!HENRY! Freelance' then-U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. said in a statement, “Journalists NAT!HENTOFF! United'Media'Newspaper'Syndicate' must not be harassed or prevented from covering a story that needs to be JEFF!LEEN! told.” That statement should not have to be made. It is difficult to The'Washington'Post' DAHLIA!LITHWICK! understand what interest the county is defending by charging these Slate' TONY!MAURO! journalists, when they were clearly engaged in newsgathering. -
Interim Report Advisory Committee Human Radiation Lxperzments
Interim Report of the Advisory Committee . on Human Radiation Lxperzments October 21,1994 DISCLAIMER This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied. or assumes any legal liability or responsi- bility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Refer- ence herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name. trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, ram- mendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS LINUMITm , . _. -.-,..- DISCLAIMER Portions of this document may be illegible in electronic image products. Images are produced from the best available original document. ADVISORYCOMMITTEE ON HUMANRADIATION EXPERIMENTS 1726 M STREET,N.W., SUITE 600 WASHINGTON,D.C. 20036 WMORANDUM TO: Members of the Interagency Working Group Secretary Hazel O'Leary, Department of Energy Secretary William Perry, Department of Defense Attorney General Janet Reno, Department of Justice Secretary Donna Shalala. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Jesse Brown, Department of VeteransAflairs Director Alice Rivlin, Ofice of Management and Budget Director James Woolsey, Central Intelligence Agency Administrator Daniel Goldin, National Aeronautics and Space Administration FROM: The Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments DATE: October 21,1994 RE: Interim Report The Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments is pleased to transmit its Interim Report to the Interagency Working Group. -
Ashton B. Carter, William J. Perry (1999). Preventive Defense
list’ contains the most dangerous threats to the existence of the USA and Western world. The former Soviet Union had the Ashton B. Carter, William J. Perry capability to destroy Western values and (1999). Preventive Defense: A Western order, but such an enemy to the New Security Strategy for West no longer exists. The major part of US America. defense planning is now directed towards maintaining the capability to wage two Washington: Brookings Institution major theater wars. Such regional contin- Press. pp. 243. gencies might endanger American interests ISBN 0-8157-1308-8 and security, but would not question the existence of the United States. Therefore, wars of this type can be categorized in belonging to the ’B-list’ of threats. Public The United States of America is found- interest seems to be oriented mostly ing its national security and military strate- towards the activities that deal with the ’C- gies on three groups of activities, called list’ of threats, like those in Bosnia- preparing, shaping and responding. Herzegovina or Kosovo. However, the ’A- Responding capability refers to current list’ may not remain clear forever. One of readiness of the armed forces to engage the most important goals of the American and successfully annihilate open threats to security system is to keep the ’A-list’ clear national security. That readiness was as long as possible. Dr Perry and Dr Carter assessed during the nineties according to argue that this is the essential element of the military capability in successfully waging the preventive defense strategy, which they and winning two almost simultaneous major theoretically developed at Harvard and theater wars, like the one in Korea and in Stanford universities and practically The Gulf. -
Nominations Submitted to the Senate Checklist of White House Press
Administration of William J. Clinton, 1996 881 the dinner, he returned to Washington, DC, which was sent to the Senate on October 27, arriving after midnight. 1995. The President announced his intention to nominate Arma Jane Karaer as Ambassador Submitted May 15 to Papua New Guinea, to the Solomon Is- Christina A. Snyder, lands, and to Vanuatu. of California, to be U.S. District Judge for The President accorded the personal rank the Central District of California, vice Ed- of Ambassador to James W. Pardew, Jr., in ward Rafeedie, retired. his capacity as U.S. Special Representative for Military Stabilization in the Balkans. Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., The President announced his intention to of Georgia, to be U.S. District Judge for the nominate Alan Philip Larson to be an Assist- Northern District of Georgia, vice Robert L. ant Secretary of State for Economic and Vining, Jr., retired. Business Affairs. Submitted May 16 J. Rene Josey, of South Carolina, to be U.S. Attorney for Nominations the District of South Carolina for the term Submitted to the Senate of 4 years, vice J. Preston Strom, Jr., re- signed. The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of For- eign Service officers. Checklist of White House Press Releases Submitted May 13 The following list contains releases of the Office Harold Walter Geisel, of the Press Secretary that are neither printed as of Illinois, a career member of the Senior items nor covered by entries in the Digest of Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, Other White House Announcements. -
Past Winners, Arthur Ross Media Award, American Academy Of
Past Winners of the Arthur Ross Media Award American Academy of Diplomacy 2018 Carol Giacomo, The New York Times and Pamela Constable, The Washington Post 2017 Fareed Zakaria, CNN and Jonathan Landay, Reuters 2016 Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post and Roy Gutman, Freelance Writer 2015 Gerald Seib, The Wall Street Journal and Martha Raddatz, ABC News and Jim Lobe, LobeLog 2014 Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post and Alexandra Zavis, The Los Angeles Times 2013 Doyle McManus, The Los Angeles Times and Judy Woodruff, PBS News 2012 James Fallows, The Atlantic and Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post 2011 Sylvia Poggioli, National Public Radio and Borzou Daragahi, The Financial Times 2010 Walter Pincus, The Washington Post and Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer 2009 Anthony Shadid, The Washington Post and Helen Thomas, Hearst Newspapers 2008 Dexter Filkins, The New York Times and Mohamad Bazzi, The Nation 2007 Tom Ricks of The Washington Post and The Miami Herald Latin America Staff (led by Andes Oppenheimer) 2006 Dana Priest of The Washington Post and William Pfaff of Tribune Media Services International. Strengthening American Diplomacy 1200 18th Street, NW, Suite 902 • Washington, DC 20036 Tel 202/331-3721 • Fax 202/833-4555 www.academyofdiplomacy.org 2005 Barbara Demick of The Los Angeles Times and James Boyd of The Minneapolis Star Tribune 2004 Robin Wright of The Washington Post 2003 John Burns of The New York Times and Anne Garrels of National Public Radio 2002 Jim Lehrer of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (Note: in 2004, the donor changed the criteria to apply only to the writing press) Strengthening American Diplomacy 1200 18th Street, NW, Suite 902 • Washington, DC 20036 Tel 202/331-3721 • Fax 202/833-4555 www.academyofdiplomacy.org . -
Public Commentary 1-31-17
Stanley Renshon Public Affairs/Commentary-February 2017 I: Commentary Pieces/Op Ed Pieces 33. “Will Mexico Pay for Trump’s Wall?” [on-line debate, John S. Kierman ed], February 16, 2017. https://wallethub.com/blog/will-mexico-pay-for-the- wall/32590/#stanley-renshon 32. “Psychoanalyst to Trump: Grow up and adapt,” USA TODAY, June 23, 2106. http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/06/23/trump-psychoanalyst- grow-up-adapt-column/86181242/ 31. “9/11: What would Trump Do?,” Politico Magazine, March 31, 2016. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/donald-trump-2016-terrorist- attack-foreign-policy-213784 30. “You don't know Trump as well as you think,” USA TODAY, March 25, 2106. http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/03/25/donald-trump-narcissist- business-leadership-respect-column/82209524/ 29. “Some presidents aspire to be great, more aspire to do well’ essay for “The Big Idea- Diagnosing the Urge to Run for Office,” Politico Magazine, November/December 2015. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/2016-candidates-mental- health-213274?paginate=false 28. “Obama’s Place in History: Great, Good, Average, Mediocre or Poor?,” Washington Post, February 24, 2014. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/24/obamas- place-in-history-great-good-average-mediocre-or-poor/ 27. President Romney or President Obama: A Tale of Two Ambitions, Montreal Review, October 2012. http://www.themontrealreview.com/2009/President-Romney-or-President- Obama-A-Tale-of-Two-Ambitions.php 26. America Principio, Por Favor, Arizona Daily Star, July 1, 2012. http://azstarnet.com/news/opinion/guest-column-practice-inhibits-forming-full- attachments-to-us/article_10009d68-0fcc-5f4a-8d38-2f5e95a7e138.html 25. -
Presidential Documents
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Monday, January 31, 1994 Volume 30ÐNumber 4 Pages 135±165 1 VerDate 25-MAR-98 11:23 Mar 28, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00001 Frm 00001 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 E:\TEMP\P04JA4.000 INET03 Contents Addresses to the Nation Communications to CongressÐContinued State of the UnionÐ148 Cyprus, letterÐ146 Greece, agreement on Social Security, Addresses and Remarks message transmittingÐ158 See also Appointments and Nominations Organization of American States protocols, Los Angeles earthquake message transmitting to the SenateÐ158 Roundtable discussionÐ135 TeleconferenceÐ141 Executive Orders Radio addressÐ139 North Pacific Anadromous Fish Appointments and Nominations CommissionÐ159 North Pacific Marine Science OrganizationÐ Air Force Department, Assistant SecretaryÐ 159 147 Principles for Federal Infrastructure Army Department, Assistant SecretariesÐ147 InvestmentsÐ160 Defense Department, Secretary, remarksÐ 144 Interviews With the News Media Environmental Protection Agency, Region I Exchanges with reporters AdministratorÐ160 Oval OfficeÐ143 Federal Maritime Commission, State FloorÐ144 CommissionerÐ147 Transportation Department, U.S. Coast Statements by the President Guard, CommandantÐ157 See Appointments and Nominations U.S. Court of Appeals, judgesÐ160 Supplementary Materials U.S. District Court, judgesÐ160 Veterans Affairs Department, Deputy Acts approved by the PresidentÐ165 Assistant SecretaryÐ159 Checklist of White House press releasesÐ164 Digest of other White House Communications to Congress announcementsÐ162 -
The Peter and Katherine Tomassi Essay the Iranian Revolution
16 Salvatore • Causes & Effects: Global Financial Crisis The Peter and Katherine Tomassi Essay could potentially achieve gradually. Surprisingly household savings thE iranian rEvolution: aSSESSinG thE already seem to have begun rising in the past year. PowEr, inFluEnCE and SoCial PoSition In the present crisis atmosphere, many nations may over- oF ShiitE ulama in iran, 1890–1979 regulate and impose excessive restrictions on financial activities that would be detrimental to future growth. There is also the dan- ger that the large injection of liquidity in the United States and in José Ciro Martinez other advanced countries to jump-start their economies will lead to t was an oft-unrecognized assumption of modernization the- hyperinflation in two to three years’ time, which would then require ory, the dominant social science paradigm of the 1960s and a sharp tightening of monetary policy. I1970s, that the character and trajectory of historical change was both universal and unilinear. Drawing mainly on the work of ConCluSion Max Weber,1 scholars such as David Apter, Seymour Martin Lip- set, and Middle East expert Daniel Lerner argued that economic Eventually this crisis will end as all crises do. The important growth, capitalism, urbanization, and the impact of Western cul- question then becomes: will growth in advanced countries, espe- tural forms were essential factors for democratic development and cially in the United States, be rapid or slow? In short, will there be would result in the eradication of primitive or traditional forms growth or stagnation after recession? Of course, no one can know of societal organization and everyday life. -
Press Galleries* Rules Governing Press Galleries
PRESS GALLERIES* SENATE PRESS GALLERY The Capitol, Room S–316, phone 224–0241 Director.—Robert E. Petersen, Jr. Deputy Director.—S. Joseph Keenan Media Coordinators: Merri I. Baker Wendy A. Oscarson James D. Saris Amy Harkins HOUSE PRESS GALLERY The Capitol, Room H–315, phone 225–3945, 225–6722 Superintendent.—Jerry L. Gallegos Deputy Superintendent.—Justin J. Supon Assistant Superintendents: Emily T. Dupree Ric Andersen Cris M. King Lori Michelle Hodo STANDING COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENTS Curt Anderson, The Associated Press, Chairman Jake Thompson, Omaha World-Herald, Secretary James Kuhnhenn, Knight Rider William Roberts, Bloomberg News Donna M. Smith, Reuters RULES GOVERNING PRESS GALLERIES 1. Administration of the press galleries shall be vested in a Standing Committee of Cor- respondents elected by accredited members of the galleries. The Committee shall consist of five persons elected to serve for terms of two years. Provided, however, that at the election in January 1951, the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall serve for two years and the remaining two for one year. Thereafter, three members shall be elected in odd-numbered years and two in even-numbered years. Elections shall be held in January. The Committee shall elect its own chairman and secretary. Vacancies on the Committee shall be filled by special election to be called by the Standing Committee. 2. Persons desiring admission to the press galleries of Congress shall make application in accordance with Rule 34 of the House of Representatives, subject to the direction and control of the Speaker and Rule 33 of the Senate, which rules shall be interpreted and administered by the Standing Committee of Correspondents, subject to the review and an approval by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. -
Subpoena to James Risen in U.S
By email August 21, 2013 1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100 Arlington, Va. 22209-2211 (703) 807-2100 Eric H. Holder, Jr., Esq. www.rcfp.org Attorney General of the United States Bruce D. Brown United States Department of Justice Executive Director [email protected] 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (703) 807-2101 Washington, DC 20530 STEERING COMMITTEE Re: Subpoena to James Risen in U.S. v. Sterling SCOTT APPLEWHITE The Associated Press WOLF BLITZER Dear Attorney General Holder: CNN DAVID BOARDMAN Seattle Times On July 25, 2013, lawyers for reporter James Risen wrote to you to CHIP BOK Creators Syndicate urge you to withdraw the subpoena issued to him in the Jeffrey Sterling case. JAN CRAWFORD The undersigned news media organizations write in support of that request. CBS News MICHAEL DUFFY We too believe that the subpoena to Mr. Risen should be subject to the new Time principles announced in your July report and that a careful examination of the RICHARD S. DUNHAM Houston Chronicle facts shows that a demand for his testimony is not justified. ASHLEA EBELING Forbes Magazine SUSAN GOLDBERG The recent interactions between you and your senior staff and our Bloomberg News media coalition have been productive in formulating proposed changes to FRED GRAHAM InSession Justice Department subpoena policy that, upon implementation, should JOHN C. HENRY provide positive next steps in protecting the news media’s ability to report on Freelance NAT HENTOFF matters of public interest without sacrificing the legitimate needs of law United Media Newspaper Syndicate enforcement. The Sterling trial presents a meaningful opportunity to see how JEFF LEEN The Washington Post the Department will apply these principles in an important case. -
Harvard University | History Department
Harvard University Afsaneh Najmabadi 2015 Address: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Also: Department of History Bolyston Hall G33, Harvard Yard Robinson Hall Harvard University Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: 617-496-7460 FAX: 617-496-9855 email: [email protected] Education: University of Manchester, 1984, Ph.D., Sociology. Harvard University, 1970, M.A., Theoretical Particle Physics. Harvard University, 1968, B.A., Physics, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. Employment: The Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University, starting July 1, 2001. 1992-2001: Department of Women's Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University. 1989-1992: Visiting Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Harvard Divinity School. 1989-1991: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Wellesley College. 1987-1988: Teaching Assistant, Core Program, Harvard University. 1985-1987: Visiting Lecturer, Department of Government, Harvard University. Fellowships and Grants: External: 2014-16, National Endowment for the Humanities, Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran. 2012-14, National Endowment for the Humanities, Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran. 2013-14, Roshan Cultural Institute, Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran. 2009-11, National Endowment for the Humanities, Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran: A Digital Archive and Website, with four other scholars. 2001-02, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. 1997, Social Science Research Council. Declined. 1994-95, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. 1988-1989, Harvard Divinity School, Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer in Women's Studies in Religion Program. 1988-1989, Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Brown University, Post-doctoral Fellow. 1984-85, Harvard University, Nemazee Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.