Our federal government is bloated with political appointees, and that weakens democracy. Read more in in my recent Op-Ed for the Chicago Sun-Times hubs.la/Q02qsxmY0

Help, not solve…. hope you enjoy!

In a new opinion essay for The The Washington Post, SLS's Daniel Ho and @ajosephoconnell write on how to combat the government's hiring challenges in science and technology.

Read more: stanford.io/3IvBSkC

Over at Yale Journal on Regulation Notice and Comment blog, today's Ad Law Reading Room features 'Governing by Assignment,' by Isaac Cui, Daniel E. Ho, Olivia Martin, and Anne Joseph O'Connell. Check it out! yalejreg.com/nc/ad-law-read…

Many national parks have direct connections to American presidents—dozens of national historic sites, monuments, and memorials (even one national park) preserve the birthplaces, childhood homes, and residences of our nation's chief executives.

📸James A. Garfield National Historic Site

#PresidentsDay2024

It's pagination day for my American Political Science Review article with davidlewisvu: Presidential Investment in the Administrative State. Make sure you check out Anne Joseph O'Connell's great review of the article on Jotwell.

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The Biden Cabinet has experienced record-level stability compared to the last six administrations, says Dr. Katie Dunn Tenpas.

According to National Journal, one has to go back 171 years, to the nation’s 14th president, to find a more stable Cabinet. Read more: brookings.edu/articles/staff…

The memo, as obtained by AP and first reported by Peter Baker apnews.com/article/defens…

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House orders Cabinet heads to notify when they can't perform duties as it reviews policies after Austin's illness.

There are Chief Financial Officers vacancies at nine of 16 major departments that require Senate confirmation. This is a sign of the dysfunctional confirmation system that is bogged down with endless delays.

Read more at Bloomberg Bloomberg Opinion: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Truly honored to wake up to this Jotwell review from Anne Joseph O'Connell of our American Political Science Review (@davidlewisvu) piece. Prof. O'Connell does a wonderful job explaining why administrative-law scholars should care about our empirical findings.

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Today is a significant milestone in the history of government oversight – the 45th Anniversary of the Inspector General Act of 1978! ⚖🎉

I can’t think of my wonderful time at Berkeley without thinking of her.

The Government Accountability Office concluded acting Labor Secretary Su is NOT serving in violation of federal law

In our September Policy Brief, SIEPR Senior Fellows/Stanford Law School Professors Daniel Ho and Anne Joseph O'Connell explain how to shore up talent amid state government's workforce crisis.

📄 Read the brief here: stanford.io/3PCFhCg

'The Vacancies Act was politically attractive to the Trump administration to have a wider pool of actings. These specific agency statutes are attractive to the Biden White House because they almost never have time limits.' And Cassidy's bill is nuts. law360.com/employment/art…

Have been working with Dan Ho & Issac Cui on building capacity in state agencies (and a slightly larger group on governing by assignment at the federal level). Here is something on the state side. siepr.stanford.edu/publications/p…

Such an outrageous and terrible situation created by one Senator. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Applications are now open for the ABA Administrative Law Fellowship, a two-year program aimed at diversifying legal academia by helping practicing lawyers excel in the academic job market through mentorship and support. Learn more here: americanbar.org/content/dam/ab…

New analysis from The Partnership shows the Senate has spent more time voting on nominations than voting on legislation to deal with the country’s problems — even as it confirms ever fewer appointees than in the past.

The chamber’s confirmation process is broken. Here’s how we…