I have updated my write-up of the lessons I took from my time from 2006-9 as the US Department of Transportation CIO. This was published earlier this week in FedScoop, http://fedscoop.com/lessons-from-a-political-cio-2/.
I repeat the update here.
Earlier this week I was interviewed by Chris Dorobek about process issues associated with the currently in-process Presidential transition. The interview was published at: http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/former-cio-of-dot-speaks-on-the-transition which includes a link to the audio of the interview… Some Comments On Presidential Transitions – govloop
This morning in the Washington Post there was a column discussing the regular transition of political appointees, http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/fedcoach/2011/02/political-appointee-merry-go-round.html?hpid=smartliving. For those of you are are thinking of becoming a political appointee or wonder about the process,… Lessons From a Political CIO by Dan Mintz CIO, Department of Transportation