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Appendix B The 2000 Recommendations: A Status Report
Appendix B The 2000 Recommendations: A Status Report
Pages 67-78
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, accelerate the appointment process for all S&T nominees, and enrich the universe of available candidates by lowering the financial and occupational barriers to their service in government. To what extent have the recommendations been reflected in White House appointments and in executive branch and congres sional initiatives?
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As envisaged by this recommendation, the president and Congress should create a bipartisan framework or dialogue in which the executive branch, Congress, and the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) are represented to identify steps by both branches of government to increase the pool of qualified persons willing to 68
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The report had been mandated by the Presidential Transition Act of 2000. It proposed changes in the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 that would reduce the number of asset valuation categories, shorten select reporting periods, trim the scope of reporting by raising some dollar thresholds, reduce the collection of details that are unneces sary for conflict analysis, and eliminate redundant reporting.
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Both bills were titled the Presidential Appointments Improvement Act of 2003. The new proposal would streamline financial-disclosure forms for executive branch employees, require agencies to review the number of presidentially appointed posi tions, allow presidential candidates to obtain a list of appointive positions 15 days after receiving their parties' nominations, and require a review by OGE of the legal framework governing conflict of-interest laws.
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"Confirmation countdown" data compiled by the Presiden tial Appointment Initiative of the Brookings Institution described the length of the confirmation process in the inaugural year (it was last updated on November 22, 2002)
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2001. "Prime Numbers" Abstract: Features the Brookings Institution Presidential Appointee Initiative survey Posts of Honor: How America's Corporate and Civic Leaders View Presidential Appointments, which focused on college presidents in the United States.
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2002. Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, Hoover Institution Abstract: Describes the Transition to Government Project, a 3-year, three-phase endeavor begun in 2000 to improve the transition from campaigning to governing, including how a president-elect can effectively transition into office, the effect of outside interest groups on cam paigning and governing, media coverage, improvements in the appointments process, and development of the soft ware that reduces duplication in information forms that presidential nominees must complete.
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Duke University Press Abstract: Includes each US president's performance record regarding appointments, accounts of virtually all the major confirmation contests, and discussion of important legal and constitutional questions raised throughout US history. Analyzes recess appointments, the Vacancies Act, the function of nominees in the appointment process, and 74
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2004. Comments to the National Committee on Ensuring the Best Presidential and Federal Advisory Committee Science and Technology Appointments, Office of Government Ethics Abstract: Acting director of the US Office of Government Ethics discusses the effects of ethics rules on presidential appointments to federal science and technology positions and federal advisory committees.
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2001. The Glacial Pace of Presidential Appoint ments, Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition Abstract: Examines the slowness of the presidential appointment process.
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2001. Report on Improvements to the Financial Process for Presidential Nominees Abstract: Makes recommendations to Congress to sim plify financial disclosure required of presidential nominees by reducing the number of valuation categories, shortening some reporting periods, limiting the scope of reporting by raising some dollar thresholds, reducing details that are unnecessary for conflict analysis, and eliminating redun dant reporting.
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Brookings Institution Press Abstract: A brochure produced by the Brookings Presiden tial Appointee Initiative for people who might be consider ing seeking or accepting a presidential appointment. The United States Commission on National Security/21st Century.
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