There’s a lot going on at the moment – lots of balls in the air. It’s made all the more pressing by the way Donald Trump came storming into office, going to work with Sharpie in hand almost the second his hand went down from taking the oath.
What to do when your team (with one exception), the people you’ve picked to lead the charge, haven’t been officially blessed yet?
Causing much angst today is one of the directives Trump signed to light a fire under the process so it doesn’t stall, as it did during his first term.
MEMORANDUM TO THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL
SUBJECT: Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security
Clearances for Executive Office of the President
Personnel
The Executive Office of the President requires qualified and trusted personnel to execute its mandate on behalf of the American people. There is a backlog created by the Biden Administration…
