Why Not the Best? The Loyalty-Competence Trade-Off in Presidential Appointments

Research and Commentary

Fixing the Appointment Process: What the Reform Commissions Saw

Alvin S. Felzenberg, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

Fabulous Formless Darkness: Presidential Nominees and the Morass of Inquiry

Terry Sullivan, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

Placing the Call to Service: How Past and Future Presidential Appointees View the Appointment Process

Paul C. Light, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

First Impressions: Presidents, Appointments, and the Transition

Stephen Hess, The Presidential Appointee Initiative, September 18, 2000

Research and Commentary

First Impressions: A Look Back at Five Presidential Transitions

Stephen Hess, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

Nasty & Brutish Without Being Short: The State of the Presidential Appointment Process

G. Calvin Mackenzie, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

The Senate and Executive Branch Appointments: An Obstacle Course on Capitol Hill?

Burdett Loomis, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

The Veto-Free Presidency: George W. Bush (2001-Present)

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, The Brookings Institution, July 01, 2006

Research and Commentary

Brookings Scholar Examines Dynamics of Congress's Relationship with President Bush

Thomas E. Mann, The Hill, December 11, 2002

Expert

Stephen Hess

Research and Commentary

Words vs. Deeds: President George W. Bush and polling

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, The Brookings Institution, June 01, 2003

Research and Commentary

The Contemporary Presidency: The Bush White House: First Appraisals

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas and Stephen Hess, Presidential Studies Quarterly, September 01, 2002

Research and Commentary

How Much is Enough? Setting Pay for Presidential Appointees

Gary Burtless, The Presidential Appointee Initiative, March 22, 2002

Research and Commentary

Problems on the Potomac: How Relocation Policies for Presidential Appointees Can Help Win the Talent War

Carole M. Plowfield and Paul C. Light, The Presidential Appointee Initiative, March 22, 2002

Research and Commentary

A Vote of Renewed Confidence: How Americans View Presidential Appointees and Government in the Wake of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks

Judith M. Labiner and Paul C. Light, The Presidential Appointee Initiative, October 19, 2001

Research and Commentary

A Vote of No Confidence: How Americans View Presidential Appointees

Judith M. Labiner, The Presidential Appointee Initiative, September 06, 2001

Research and Commentary

A Survivor's Guide for Presidential Nominees

The Presidential Appointee Initiative, November 15, 2000

Research and Commentary

Staffing a New Administration: A Guide to Personnel Appointments in a Presidential Transition

The Presidential Appointee Initiative, November 07, 2000

Research and Commentary

Appointees on the Barbie

Paul C. Light, Government Executive, May 01, 2000

Research and Commentary

The Merit and Reputation of an Administration: Presidential Appointees on the Appointments Process

Paul C. Light and Virginia L. Thomas, Presidential Appointee Initiative, April 28, 2000