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Executive Privilege versus Congressional Oversight
AEI Newsletter
Posted: Sunday, September 1, 2002
Tension between the executive and legislative branches is evident in the conflict between executive privilege and congressional oversight. [Read More]

New Software Eases Task of Completing Forms for Presidential Appointees
Posted: Tuesday, February 5, 2002
Nomination Forms Online brings together in one place all the questions appointees are asked. [Read More]

Make Sure Congress Can Survive the Worst-Case Scenario
By Norman J. Ornstein
Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2001
In the event of a terrorist attack, Congress would be unable to act for months because of constitutional provisions that do not contemplate a disaster. [Read More]

What if Congress Were Obliterated?
Good Question
By Norman J. Ornstein
Posted: Thursday, October 4, 2001
Flight 93's heroes saved more than lives; they possibly prevented the virtual cancellation of one of our three branches of government. [Read More]

Putting Appointment Rules to the Test
By John C. Fortier
Posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2001
With change of party control in the Senate last week, doomsayers fear the combination of a Democratic Senate and a Republican president will bring gridlock or trench warfare. [Read More]

Panel at the First Presidential Debate
Transition to Governing Newsletter
Posted: Monday, January 1, 2001
The Transition to Governing Project hosts a panel at the John F. Kennedy Library before the first presidential debate. [Read More]

Ethics--The Revolving Door Rule
Transition to Governing Newsletter
Posted: Monday, January 1, 2001
The Ethics in Government Act and the Codes of Professional Conduct of state bar associations present a thicket through which both incoming and outgoing government officials must negotiate. [Read More]

Excerpts from "Assessing the Bush Transition"
Transition to Governing Newsletter
Posted: Monday, January 1, 2001
Panelists discuss transition planning and people, foreign policy, the appointments process, and Dick Cheney. [Read More]

Project Unveils New Software for Presidential Appointees
Transition to Governing Newsletter
Posted: Monday, January 1, 2001
Over the past four decades, the presidential appointments process has become increasingly lengthy and difficult. [Read More]

Assessing Recent Presidential Transitions
Transition to Governing Newsletter
Posted: Monday, January 1, 2001
The Transition to Governing Project examines presidential transitions and the experiences of those who were involved. [Read More]

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TGP Newsletter

Fall 1999
This issue covers the appointments process and think tanks.

Fall 2000
This issue covers Preparing to Be President, how Dick Cheney and Al Gore would govern, and the permanent campaign and its future.

Winter 2001
This issue assesses recent presidential transitions, new software for presidential appointees, and revolving door ethics.

The Overstretched FBI

Norman J. Ornstein

The Washington Post
June 4, 2002

Ornstein discusses reforms to FBI checks to improve the presidential appointments process.

Read the "Hess Report on Campaign Coverage in Nightly Network News."

New software released to help presidential nominees with the appointments process.

Read an article from the May 2002 Journal of Politics, written by Matthew J. Dickinson of Middlebury College and Kathryn Dunn Tenpas of Brookings: "Explaining Increasing Turnover Rates among Presidential Advisers, 1929-1997."