Staffing a new administration? Worry about Senate-confirmed jobs later

Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 4:54 p.m.

b'We\\u2019ve already learned the names of many of the people President-elect Biden plans to nominate for top cabinet positions. But any incoming administration has a lot of hiring to do. There are about 1,300 politically-appointed jobs that don\\u2019t require Senate confirmation. And our next guest says the Biden administration needs to prioritize those picks, maybe even ahead of the Senate-confirmed ones. Jeff Neal is a former chief human capital officer at DHS, now a member of the National Academy of Public Administration\\u2019s board of directors. He talked with us about why those mid-level appointments are so important.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'