The Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services (CMS),is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid,the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP),and health insurance portability standards. In addition to these programs,CMS has other responsibilities,including the administrative simplification standards from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA),quality standards in long-term care facilities through its survey and certification process,clinical laboratory quality standards under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments,and oversight of HealthCare.gov. CMS was previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) until 2001.
The Heritage Foundation is an activist American conservative think tank based in Washington,D.C. Founded in 1973,it took a leading role in the conservative movement in the 1980s during the presidency of Ronald Reagan,whose policies were taken from Heritage Foundation studies,including its Mandate for Leadership.
The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. government offices,provides transportation and office space to federal employees,and develops government-wide cost-minimizing policies and other management tasks.
David Hossein Safavian is an American former lawyer who worked as a congressional aide,lobbyist,and later as a political appointee in the George W. Bush administration. A Republican,he served as Chief of Staff of the United States General Services Administration (GSA). He is a figure in the Jack Abramoff lobbying and corruption scandal,having worked with the lobbyist on the Mississippi Band of Choctaw account. After serving with Abramoff as a lobbyist,in 1997 Safavian co-founded lobbying firm Janus-Merritt Strategies with Republican activist Grover Norquist.
Lurita Alexis Doan is a businesswoman,political commentator,and former Republican appointee who was the administrator of the United States General Services Administration,the government's contracting agency,from May 31,2006,to April 29,2008,during the administration of Republican U.S. President George W. Bush. She is the first woman to have held this position.
Daniel Mark Tangherlini is an American government official who currently serves as a Governor of the United States Postal Service. He served as administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration from 2012 to 2015. Unanimously approved to the post by the U.S. Senate on June 27,2013,he had served as Acting Administrator since his appointment by President Barack Obama on April 2,2012. He earlier served as an executive in the U.S. Department of the Treasury,as City Administrator of Washington,D.C.,and as interim General Manager for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
In the United States,a presidential transition is the process during which the president-elect of the United States prepares to take over the administration of the federal government of the United States from the incumbent president. Though planning for transition by a non-incumbent candidate can start at any time before a presidential election and in the days following,the transition formally starts when the General Services Administration (GSA) declares an “apparent winner”of the election,thereby releasing the funds appropriated by Congress for the transition,and continues until inauguration day,when the president-elect takes the oath of office,at which point the powers,immunities,and responsibilities of the presidency are legally transferred to the new president.
The Old Post Office,listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower,is located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue,N.W. in Washington,D.C. It is a contributing property to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site.
Raymond Adam Kline was a leading public administration practitioner. Kline was the former President of the National Academy of Public Administration;former Deputy and Acting Administrator,General Services Administration (GSA);and former Associate Administrator,Management Operations,NASA.
Harold Watson "Trey" Gowdy III is an American television news presenter,former politician and former federal prosecutor who served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2019. His district included much of the Upstate region of South Carolina,including Greenville and Spartanburg.
Matt Apuzzo is an American journalist working for The New York Times.
Chuck Rosenberg is an American attorney who served as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration from 2015 to 2017. He formerly served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) and for the Southern District of Texas;as a senior FBI official on the staff of two FBI Directors;as Counselor to the Attorney General;as the Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General;and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in EDVA in Norfolk and Alexandria.
Stephen Stepanek is an American politician from New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party,he served as chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party from 2019 to 2023.
Walter Michael Shaub Jr. is an American attorney specializing in government ethics who,from January 9,2013 to July 19,2017,was the director of the United States Office of Government Ethics. As of July 19,2017,he joined the Washington D.C.-based election law organization the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) as Senior Director,Ethics.
Patrick Pizzella is a former American government official who served as the 36th United States Deputy Secretary of Labor from April 17,2018 to January 20,2021. He was formerly a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority appointed by President Barack Obama. He held positions in several agencies during four prior Administrations. In 2019,after the resignation of Alexander Acosta,Pizzella served as the acting United States Secretary of Labor for more than 2 months. He currently serves as the elected Mayor Pro Tem for the village of Pinehurst,North Carolina.
Emily Webster Murphy is an American attorney and former government official who served as the administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) from 2017 to 2021. Before serving in the GSA,Murphy was an attorney for the Republican National Committee and worked for several congressional committees and executive departments in the field of acquisition policy.
Vladlen David Zvenyach is an American government technology executive,author,lawyer,and professor. From 2021 to 2022,he served in the Biden Administration as the Director of the Technology Transformation Services and the Deputy of the Federal Acquisition Service in the U.S. General Services Administration. Zvenyach's prior roles in public service included serving was the Executive Director of the federal innovation organization 18F and the Acting Assistant Commissioner,Office of Systems Management within the Federal Acquisition Service. In his role at 18F,he pioneered new methods of government procurement. Zvenyach is also the author of Coding for Lawyers.
Vanessa Lorraine Allen Sutherland is a corporate lawyer and former chairperson of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB).
Brian D. Miller is an American attorney who serves as the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR). In this role,Miller oversees the United States Department of the Treasury's implementation of the Coronavirus Aid,Relief,and Economic Security Act.
Neil Andrew Jacobs,Jr. is an American scientist and former government official who served as the acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
