How to Transform a Massive Government Agency: Lessons From a Trump Appointee
Shortly after taking office as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson recruited a retired finance and strategy expert to become the agency\u2019s chief financial officer.\nIrving Dennis, appointed by President Donald Trump in late 2017, stepped into the job and quickly discovered the mess he inherited. Dennis spent 37 years at Ernst & Young, a major accounting firm. He would use that private-sector experience to fix HUD.\nIn a new book, \u201cTransforming a Federal Agency: Management Lessons from HUD\u2019s Financial Reconstruction,\u201d Dennis recounts the roadblocks he faced at HUD and the bureaucratic barriers he overcame to set the agency on a better course. His story shows there\u2019s an alternative to the financial mismanagement that plagues federal agencies\u2014and how he fixed one of them.\nDennis spoke to The Daily Signal about his experience. Read a lightly edited transcript on DailySignal.com or listen to the interview on \u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast.\u201d\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.