Written primarily for incoming presidential appointees and those in the White House, Senate, and media who must identify, appoint, confirm, and report on them, Prune Books address the appointment and transition processes in their various dimensions. The 2000 edition explores at length the evolving leadership challenge for presidential appointees and, like its five predecessors, profiles 45 of the toughest leadership jobs in governmentresponsibilities, issues, and necessary professional credentials. The book is based on interviews with current and former appointees, other veterans of the executive branch and Congress, journalists, and political consultants.
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"...presidential appointments ... may be hard to fill. The nonpartisan Center for Excellence in Government catalogs them in The Prune Book." -- Time
"If the Plum Book has become Washington's version of a weed, the Prune Book remains the caviar." -- Hartford Courant
"Spells out the specific skills any man or woman ought to have to fill the federal government's most demanding management..." -- National Journal
"If the Plum Book has become Washington's version of a weed, the Prune Book remains the caviar." -- Hartford Courant
"Spells out the specific skills any man or woman ought to have to fill the federal government's most demanding management..." -- National Journal
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The PRUNE series is a post-election institution in Washington. PRUNE BOOKS plays a pivotal role in the presidential transition process-providing critical information and guidance for the incoming cabinet and prospective presidential appointees during the months following the election and inauguration.
The 2000 PRUNE BOOK includes detailed position profiles for fifty-six important sub-cabinet positions. Each profile appends a biographic sketch of the incumbent and lists those who held the job in previous administrations. New to this edition is a section on the leadership challenges facing presidential appointees.
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Glitterless prizes,
By nadine granoff (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The 2000 Prune Book : How to Succeed in Washington's Top Jobs (Hardcover)
Anyone who needs to read this book is probably not in line for these glittering prize gigs. (The title is to distinguish this book from the author's other books on "plum" federal government jobs.) Only a handful of these presidential appointments are examined here, and none of them in a nuanced or deep way. The prose lacks any music or zest. What's useful is the book's straightforward, clear presentation of fundamental, nuts and bolts information about what agencies actually do, who reports to whom, what are the most difficult issue each faces. It's a reasonably good reference work for the journalist or apparatchik-watcher.
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Glitterless prizes,
By nadine granoff (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The 2000 Prune Book : How to Succeed in Washington's Top Jobs (Hardcover)
Anyone who needs to read this book is probably not in line for these glittering prize gigs. (The title is to distinguish this book from the author's other books on "plum" federal government jobs.) Only a handful of these presidential appointments are examined here, and none of them in a nuanced or deep way. The prose lacks any music or zest. What's useful is the book's straightforward, clear presentation of fundamental, nuts and bolts information about what agencies actually do, who reports to whom, what are the most difficult issue each faces. It's a reasonably good reference work for the journalist or apparatchik-watcher.
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This review is from: The 2000 Prune Book : How to Succeed in Washington's Top Jobs (Hardcover)
Anyone in line for these high-level gigs probably already knows this stuff. If they don't they're in big trouble. This is fundamental, press-kit-type information for the most part. But the book is not an encyclopedia of every agency boss job in Washington. It examines only sixty Executive Schedule jobs out of a total of 1,100 Presidential appointments. The book is a handy resource for the journalist or agency-watcher. It's valuable for its clear-sighted, undogmatic observations on White House staff and their relation to the cabinet, as well as the well-organized introductory chapters on each agency. It includes a lot of sound background information like who reports to whom, what the big issues are facing an agency, and how it has handled them recently.
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