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Presidential Transition

Michael Kratsios, Donald Trump
President Donald Trump, joined by Michael Kratsios, signs a presidential memo for continued testing of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)-drones, at his Oval Office desk Oct. 25, 2017. (White House / Shealah Craighead)

Trump sends Kratsios’s OSTP nomination to Senate

The former chief technology officer is officially Trump’s nominee to lead the White House’s science and technology arm.
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President-Elect Donald Trump speaks at his victory rally at the Capital One Arena on Jan. 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump restores Schedule F via executive order

The classification, which makes it easier to fire federal workers, is also the subject of congressional legislation.
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: U.S. Joe Biden welcomed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump to the White House ahead of his inauguration on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

CIOs of USDA, USAID named agency leaders until Trump picks enter office

USDA's Gary Washington and USAID's Jason Gray have been asked to fill vacant leadership roles at their agencies in an acting capacity.
Russell Vought testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images)

OMB nominee Russell Vought dodges Schedule F question

Any talks with Trump about the policy to ease federal agency firings “are private deliberations,” he said.
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