{"id":655,"date":"2018-07-18T15:02:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T20:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/davidlewis\/?page_id=655"},"modified":"2024-09-23T14:27:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:27:20","slug":"public-commentary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/davidlewis\/public-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/effectivegov.uchicago.edu\/primers\/political-appointees-to-the-federal-bureaucracy\">\u201cPolitical Appointees to the Federal Bureaucracy,\u201d <\/a>Center for Effective Government, University of Chicago, Democracy Reform Primer Series, February 20, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo Agencies Have the Capacity to be Reasonable?\u201d Commentary on <em>The Reasoning State<\/em> by Edward H. Stiglitz, <em>Yale Journal on Regulation<\/em>, November, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yalejreg.com\/nc\/symposium-stiglitz-reasoning-state-05\/\">[Read Article<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump wanted to slash the federal government. But federal agencies are doing just fine.\u201d Monkey Cage <em>Washington Post,<\/em> October 18, 2021 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/18\/trump-wanted-slash-federal-government-federal-agencies-are-doing-just-fine\/\">Read article<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Submitted Testimony, Before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Government Operations On \u201cRebuilding the Federal Civil Service\u201d, February 14, 2021 [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2022\/02\/lewis_testimony_s_2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read testimony<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking Government Work Part I: Dispelling Myths About Civil Service,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/unity\/2021\/01\/11\/making-government-work-part-i-dispelling-myths-about-civil-service\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201d<\/a> Vanderbilt Unity Project, January 11, 2021 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/unity\/2021\/01\/11\/making-government-work-part-i-dispelling-myths-about-civil-service\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read article<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How to Solve the Vacancies problem that looms over federal government,&#8221; <em>The Hill<\/em>, June 4, 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/501101-how-to-solve-the-vacancies-problem-that-looms-over-federal-government\">[Read article]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump claims the FBI is tainted and its reputation in tatters. This graph shows he\u2019s wrong.\u201d Monkey Cage (<em>Washington Post<\/em>), December 16, 2017 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2017\/12\/16\/president-trump-claims-the-fbi-is-tainted-and-its-reputation-in-tatters-this-graph-shows-hes-wrong\/?noredirect=on\" target=\"_blank\">Read article<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Deep State\u2019 Claims and Professional Government,\u201d <em>The Regulatory Review<\/em>, December 5, 2017 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregreview.org\/2017\/12\/05\/lewis-deep-state-professional-government\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read article]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s slow pace of appointments is hurting government \u2014 and his own agenda,\u201d Monkey Cage (<em>Washington Post<\/em>), August 3, 2017 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2017\/08\/03\/six-months-into-his-presidency-trump-continues-to-be-exceptionally-slow-at-appointing-officials-heres-why-that-matters\/?utm_term=.416db951977f\">Read article<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, Trump is really struggling as chief executive,\u201d Monkey Cage (<em>Washington Post<\/em>), April 27, 2017 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2017\/04\/27\/so-far-trump-gets-a-failing-grade-at-managing-the-executive-branch\/?utm_term=.e886ef59485e\">Read article<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy Donald Trump needs the \u2018administrative state\u2019 that Steve Bannon wants to destroy,\u201d Monkey Cage (<em>Washington Post<\/em>), March 2, 2017 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2017\/03\/02\/why-donald-trump-needs-the-administrative-state-that-steve-bannon-wants-to-destroy\/?utm_term=.ddc06004febf\">Read article<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump can dampen the criticism by revving up his hiring machine,\u201d <em>Fox News<\/em>, February 20, 2017 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/2017\/02\/20\/president-trump-can-dampen-criticism-by-revving-up-his-hiring-machine.html\">Read article<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill Federal Employees Work for a President They Disagree With?\u201d <em>Harvard Business Review<\/em>, February 10, 2017 [<a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2017\/02\/will-federal-employees-work-for-a-president-they-disagree-with\">Read article<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReducing the federal debt will require Trump to take holistic approach,\u201d <em>The Hill<\/em>, February 5, 2017 [<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/pundits-blog\/economy-budget\/317832-reducing-federal-debt-will-require-trump-to-take-holistic\">Read article<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump takes on federal workforce of 2.8 million that\u2019s showing signs of stress,\u201d <em>The Conversation<\/em>, January 26, 2017 [<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/trump-takes-on-federal-workforce-of-2-8-million-thats-showing-signs-of-stress-71772\">Read article<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverhaul of \u2018crazy\u2019 presidential appointee system needed\u201d, November 4, 2016 [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2016\/11\/04\/expert-overhaul-of-crazy-presidential-appointee-system-needed\/\">Watch video<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolicymaking by (Bad) Anecdote,\u201d <em>The<\/em> <em>Regulatory Review<\/em>, September 10, 2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregreview.org\/2015\/09\/10\/lewis-policymaking-bad-anecdote\/\">[Read Article]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for civil service reform,\u201d July 16, 2015 [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2015\/07\/16\/vanderbilt-researcher-it%E2%80%99s-time-for-civil-service-reform\/\">Read press release<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPolitical Appointees to the Federal Bureaucracy,\u201d Center for Effective Government, University of Chicago, Democracy Reform Primer Series, February 20, 2024. \u201cDo Agencies Have the Capacity to be Reasonable?\u201d Commentary on The Reasoning State by Edward H. Stiglitz, Yale Journal on Regulation, November, 2022. [Read Article] \u201cTrump wanted to slash the federal government. 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