A Survivor's Guide for Presidential Nominees

Research and Commentary

Transition Memo to the President-Elect

Stephen Hess, The Washington Post, November 06, 2008

Research and Commentary

Where Obama Should Find Cabinet Members

Stephen Hess, Politico, November 06, 2008

Research and Commentary

What Will the Presidential Election Mean for the U. S. Courts of Appeals?

Russell Wheeler, The Brookings Institution, October 21, 2008

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

How Much is Enough? Setting Pay for Presidential Appointees

Gary Burtless, 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

Posts of Honor: How America's Corporate and Civic Leaders View Presidential Appointments

Paul C. Light and Virginia L. Thomas, Presidential Appointee Initiative, January 10, 2001

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

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

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

Expert

Paul C. Light

Research and Commentary

To Form a Government: A Bipartisan Plan to Improve the Presidential Appointments Process

The Presidential Appointee Initiative, April 05, 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

Appointees on the Barbie

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

Research and Commentary

The End Of the Civil Service?

Paul C. Light, The Washington Post, May 09, 2003

Research and Commentary

Restoring the President's Reorganization Authority

Paul C. Light, House Committee on Government Reform, April 03, 2003

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

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

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

George C. Edwards III, 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