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The article highlights the role of Stuart E. Eizenstat as assistant of U.S. President Jimmy Carter for domestic policy. Eizenstat has been empowered by Carter to set the policy terms and philosophical framework for new domestic programs under a decision-making method, called policy review memorandum. He serves as mediator in disputes between Cabinet departments, and was head of the Carter operatives who wrote the Democratic Party's platform. An executive order gives Eizenstat authority to manage the preparation of domestic and economic policy issues. INSET: The struggle to produce an urban policy.

The article features U.S. Under Secretary of Treasury for Monetary Affairs Julian Braden Baird and his responsibilities. He is reportedly responsible for managing the debt of the U.S. amounting to 289 billion U.S. dollars as of May 1960. Baird accepted the job after it had been rejected by some prominent bankers. With the support of Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson, Baird implemented changes that kept his staff and the investment community.

The article focuses on U.S. Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon who took over the responsibility of a national leader while President Dwight Eisenhower is sick. It states duties presided by Nixon such as being in charge of the Cabinet and National Security Council, and accepting reports from presidential aides. It adds that due to the health of Eisenhower, Republicans are thinking potential candidates as his successor in which governors and state chairmen choose Nixon as one of the candidates.

This article reports on the appointment of Lawrence H. Summers as U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary to succeed Robert Rubin. The May 1999 Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting will serve as his debut. Summers and Rubin are fiscal conservatives, free-market internationalists, and public officers who work in harmony with Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan.

The article focuses on the role of Robert C. McFarlane, White House National Security Adviser, in the preparations for the meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev. It describes the qualifications of McFarlane which prepare him for his assignment as summit coordinator. His influence in foreign policy matters include directing the negotiations for the release of U.S. hostages held captive in the hijacking of a TWA airliner in Beirut, Lebanon.

The article features George J. Bott, who was appointed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel in 1950. Bott, who have done a number of significant works but have chose to stay in the background, started in the NLRB in 1937 as a field investigator before being promoted as regional director for its Chicago office. His appointment to the office gathered mix reactions with the American Federation of Labor citing that he will be eminently fair while businessmen expressed their concern that he will be more generous to unions.

The article reports on the main provisions of the Reorganization Act passed by the U.S. Congress, which was designed to demobilize the federal government. The act empowers the U.S. president to reorganize the executive branch except ten departments that include the War and Agriculture departments. President Harry Truman planned to reduce the government workforce which has ballooned from 932,953 in 1939 to nearly 3.38 million in 1945.

This article discusses the achievements of U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman William Thomas under President George W. Bush. He left his imprint on Bush's first two tax cut programs. He engineered passage of the Trade Promotion Authority that lets Bush have a free hand in negotiating international commercial treaties. He is involved in the debate over the future of Medicare. INSET: WHAT THOMAS HAS WROUGHT.

The article discusses the efforts of U.S. White House budget director Mitch Daniels in dealing the country's financial crises. The author explained that as the preeminent adviser on budgetary matter of President George W. Bush, Daniels is determined to reverse the pessimistic fiscal outlook. It is stated that President Bush has full confidence to his budget director.

Focuses on Mitch Daniels, United States budget director. How President George W. Bush has nicknamed him The Blade as a reference to his budget cuts; Bush's choice of Daniels for his conservative stance; How Daniels is dealing with a budget surplus; Criticisms of Daniels, including that he wants to roll back health, safety, and environmental safeguards.

Focuses on the initiatives that United States Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers has brought forward since assuming the post in 1999. The crackdown he has launched on corporate tax evaders; Efforts to shut down international tax havens; The major role Summers has played in gun control. INSET: T-MAN ON A TEAR.

Reports on the exodus of U.S. federal government officials to the private sector because of low wages, abuse, and political appointees in top jobs. Worsening problem of recruitment and retention; Effects of the brain drain and labor shortage. INSET: What Volcker's Commission will recommend..

The article focuses on developments in the drive to increase U.S. exports in 1979. Other trading nations were threatened by U.S. officials with a credit war if they refused to improve their rules for fair competition in export financing. A conflict within the U.S. administration concerning strategy in dealing with Congress is expected to delay other initiatives to boost exports. The Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) policy which aims to minimize competition for U.S. exporters is cited.

The article reports on the growing grass roots militancy among the rank-and-file postal workers and federal employees that are pushing the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) toward a confrontation with the U.S. government in August 1978, a development which may threaten the lagging anti-inflation program of U.S. President Jimmy Carter. AFL-CIO president George Meany says that the 19.5 percent wage increase in the tentative postal contract is very low. The U.S. government's reaction to Meany is also discussed.

The author discusses the impact of tough antitrust rules imposed by the U.S. antitrust officials on businesses. This issue was addressed because the antitrust bills, the Sherman, Clayton, and Federal Trade Commission acts, were only imposed on business offices, but not in U.S. federal agencies nor courts. The author suggests that the law should ban mergers that weaken competition, forbidding the purchase of major companies by a large company and banning price signaling.

Interviews United States House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Whether polls show that tax cuts are far from most citizens' minds; Whether he favors the higher-tax, bigger-government, please-pay-for-more-bureaucrats candidate; What the Feds should do about corporate giantism; More.

Questions whether United States Defense Secretary William R. Cohen can run the military efficiently. The amount that he plans to cut per year; Cohen's business plan with regard to downsizing, competition, reengineering and restructuring; Reactions by critics.

Explains that an insatiable need to find novel ways to do things will serve Franklin Raines in his role as director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Unknown in fiscal-policy circles; Federal government battle to balance the budget.

This article explains that the U.S. Congress investigation into the Whitewater scandal may imperil key Treasury Department officials. Secretary Lloyd Bentsen claims he was unaware of subordinates' questionable activities. Coworkers contradicted Deputy Secretary Roger Altman's version of events.

The article presents information on government policy in the U.S. regarding the firing of government employees. The U.S. President issued an executive order making it an offense for a federal employee to refuse to testify before a Congressional committee on the ground of self-incrimination. However, it is stated that the policy is vague about how an employer in private industry can fire a worker, for which the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and arbitrators follow public opinion.

The article discusses the resignation of mobilization leaders from U.S. government to go back into private practice. It argues that since Charles E. Wilson resigned as mobilization director, businesses have not been keen on lending its leaders to government. It also notes that the Defense Production Administration (DPA) and the National Production Authority (NPA) already have a plan for lifting controls of materials.

The article features some notable people in the second administration of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt. Felix Frankfurter continues to be the top economic adviser but not included in the government payroll. Roosevelt likes the job Morris L. Cooke did in Rural Electrification and in the drought survey. Meanwhile, Frank C. Walker is being considered for postmaster general but there is a probability that he will not take any government position.

The article reports on a court case wherein a municipal court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania gave a ruling that federal employees are taxable under the wage tax law of the city.

The article focuses on objections to a federal employment bureau system in the U.S. as of April 1930. It mentions Senator Robert F. Wagner's proposed bills calling for extension of federal employment statistics, the launch of a federal planning board to regulate programs of public works expenditure in relation to employment conditions, and the creation of a system of federal employment exchanges. Employers' groups view a federal employment bureau system to be in conflict with the Tenth Amendment.

The article discusses the admission of White House chief of staff, Sherman Adams, that he accepted up to 5,000 U.S. dollars from Boston industrialist, Bernard Goldfine. According to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, he needs Sherman Adams and will keep him as an all-purpose assistant in his administration. It also reports that Bernard Goldfine had problems with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding improper textile labeling.

The article discusses the controversy over U.S. government officials' withholding of unclassified information from news channels that want to release them to the public. A House government operations subcommittee headed by Representative John E. Moss will examine the information censorship issue. Some notable cases in which the Eisenhower Administration has been criticized for holding back information are discussed, including the Russian fly-bys of new jet bombers and the Dixon-Yates Power contract negotiations.

The article reports on the appointment of several government officials in the U.S. and Great Britain and its impact on industrialists in impending Anglo-Soviet-U.S. talks. Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. was appointed as Under Secretary of State. The appointment of Stettinius is liked by businesspeople who feel that international relations with the Soviet Union require negotiators for the welfare of U.S. economic interests in the postwar world. Stettinius worked with General Motors as vice-president and then became chairman of the board of United States Steel.

The article discusses the latest developments in the administration of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson as of December 2, 1967. The resignation of Defense secretary Robert McNamara showed that there would be major shift in the policies of the administration. It cites the possible cabinet members who could be replaced including Orville Freeman of the Department of Agriculture, Dean Rusk of the State Department and Stewart Udall of the Department of Interior.

The article reports on the possibility of appointing Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire as chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) of the U.S. Congress in 1967. Some people Proxmire has already consulted think that the senator wants 1967 to be a big year for JEC. The leverage of Proxmire on the JEC is reportedly influenced by his position on the Banking & Currency Committee and the Appropriations Committee.

A diagram is presented which shows how many staffers in the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama have tries to the private sector. The staffers include Paul E. Nash, Sean Kennedy, Jacob J. Lew, and Barbara Bennett.

The article presents information on the June 4th, 2007 indictment of William Jefferson, a democratic party Representative from Louisiana. He has allegedly violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) due to a supposed bribe offered to a Nigerian official. This is the first time that a U.S. official has broken the law since it was instated in 1977. The article mentions that trails for the FCPA have been increasing since 2002.

This article reports that the U.S. federal government is practising consumer-driven health care and giving public employees an annual allowance for health insurance benefits. The practice is a response to rising medical care costs.

Focuses on criticism facing U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft. Disappointment of Democrats and Republicans with his proposals to strengthen the Federal Bureau of Investigation's powers; Suggestion that he has blocked criticism of President George W. Bush; Possibility that he will be removed from office if his approval ratings continue to drop.

This article reports that women employees outnumber men at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Women hold many of the senior positions at the Cabinet-level agency that conducts U.S. trade talks with other nations and within the World Trade Organization. Eight of the 15 assistant trade representatives, top staff at most negotiating tables, are female and two of the 4 deputy and associate trade representatives are women. Negotiating trade deals can involve lots of travel and uncertain schedules, with long evenings and weekend work, hardly a family-friendly routine.

Reports that government jobs have slipped as a share of total employment in the United States throughout the 1990s. Reduction in the federal workforce; How state and local governments have increased their number of employees; Expansion of education jobs.

The article explains that U.S. President George W. Bush nominated banker Mark Olson to the Federal Reserve Board. Olson was a former president of the American Bankers Association and staff on a Senate Banking subcommittee on securities. The expertise of Olson and fellow banker on the Board Susan Schmidt Bies could influence the Board's role as financial services industry supervisor.

Reports on the efforts that United States House of Representative Speaker J. Dennis Hastert has made to exert more discipline over his colleagues. How the House has shifted from all-out ideological warfare to a more centrist strategy that focuses on passing compromise legislation; Hastert's determination to turn Republicans into players on key bills; The challenges that he faces.

This article explains that Robert Rubin's record as U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary is one of outstanding achievement and success. A long peacetime economic expansion is attributed to Rubin's thoughtfulness and courage. Achievements include imposing fiscal discipline on the federal budget and cultivating a close partnership with Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan.

This article presents a viewpoint regarding the success of Robert Rubin as U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary. He will have a record of being the most effective Secretary since Alexander Hamilton. Achievements include imposing fiscal discipline on the federal budget and cultivating a close partnership with Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan.

This article reports that the U.S. Bill Clinton Administration is making a way for Alan Greenspan to serve four more years as Federal Reserve Board chairman after the June 2000 expiration of his third term. Clinton advisers believe the Republican-controlled Senate will refuse to confirm any Democrat supported by the White House. Greenspan is quiet about the prospects of his accepting another term.

Reports that Majority Whip Tom DeLay will serve as liaison to U.S. corporations and big business. Criticism of business for fainthearted support of Republican Party causes; Business-related legislative agenda.

Reports on U.S. White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu's plans to resign from the job after the re-election campaign of President George Bush. Interest of Sununu in becoming a university president or dean; Decline in the stature of Sununu within the Administration; Maintenance of a low profile by Sununu while managing the President's schedule.

Presents information related to the U.S. civil servants. Concerns over the involvement of the federal employees in political campaigns; Information on the Hatch Act; Impact of the involvement of the federal employees in political campaigns, on the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

This article reports on developments in U.S. practical politics. Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner will have difficulty pushing his policy recommendations for the airline industry. Administration aide C. Boyden Gray is rumored to be inquiring about jobs elsewhere in Washington, D.C. A revised English version of the controversial book "The Japan That Can Say No" will be released in the U.S.

Reports that U.S. Office of Management and Budget Director Richard Darman lacks plans to occupy the post of associate directory for national security. Greater interest in handling the military budget; Past service at the Department of Defense.

Reports that U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh is under criticism from the left and the right for his appointments. Strained relations with White House and Congress; Robert Fiske as Deputy Attorney General; William Lucas as head of the Civil Rights Division.

Reports that U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Richard B. Cheney is finding it difficult to recruit a government procurement undersecretary. Candidates' preference for the private sector; Acting procurement czar Michael P.W. Stone's interest in the Army Secretary post.

Reports that U.S. Federal Reserve Governor H. Robert Heller will leave the Board to become executive vice president of Visa International. German-born economist; Responsibility for government relations and economic forecasting.

Reports that United States Senator Howard Metzenbaum has put a hold on the confirmation of David Ball to be Assistant Secretary for pension and welfare benefits in the Department of Labor. Dispute over how companies can use excess money in their pension funds; Concern of business groups over the issue.

This article reports on the decision of U.S. Defense Secretary Richard B. Cheney to look for another candidate in response to an announcement by AT&T Bell Labs Executive Vice-President Solomon Buchsbaum, rejecting a position at the Pentagon as of May 1989. Buchsbaum cited unspecified personal reasons in declining on May 8 to be named Under Secretary for Acquisition. Buchsbaum may have been influenced by tough new ethics rules that could limit his future employment, according to speculations of Pentagon aides. Michael P. W. Stone, former Army Under Secretary, has been named acting acquisitions chief and may end up keeping the job.