Following Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s resignation, Kathryn Dunn Tenpas updates her count of the Trump administration’s unprecedented levels of senior staff turnover and examines the effect leadership turmoil has on the ability of departments and agencies to govern.
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Authors
Kathryn Dunn Tenpas
Visiting Fellow
- Governance Studies,
Director
- The Katzmann Initiative on Improving Interbranch Relations and Government
@kdtenpas
Commentary
PodcastWith Acosta’s resignation, how is high turnover affecting the administration?
July 12, 2019