Book chapters:
“Political Appointees to the Federal Bureaucracy,” Center for Effective Government, University of Chicago, Democracy Reform Primer Series, February 20, 2024.
“Will Federal Employees Work for a President They Disagree With?” (with Alexander D. Bolton and John M. de Figueiredo) Harvard Business Review, February 10, 2017.
“OMB in its Management Role: Evidence from Surveys of Federal Executives,” (with Mark D. Richardson and Eric Rosenthal), in Meenekshi Bose and Andrew Rudalevige, eds., Prioritizing Presidential Policies: How Does the Office of Management and Budget Influence Executive Policy Making? (Washington, DC: Brookings, 2020).
“The Presidency and the Bureaucracy,” (with Terry M. Moe) In Michael Nelson, ed. The Presidency and the Political System, 11 ed. (Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2018).
“Struggling Over Bureaucracy: The Levers of Control,” (with Terry M. Moe) In Michael Nelson, ed. The Presidency and the Political System, 10th ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press (2013).
“Presidential Politicization of the Executive Branch in the United States,” in Martin Lodge and Kai Wegrich, eds. Executive Politics in Times of Crisis. Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan (2012).
“Policy Durability and Agency Design,” in Jeffery A. Jenkins and Eric Patashnik, eds., Living Legislation: Political Development and Contemporary American Politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (2012).
“Presidential Appointments in the Obama Administration: An Early Evaluation.” In Andrew Dowdle, Dirk van Raemdonck, Robert Maranto , eds., The Obama Presidency: Change and Continuity. New York: Routledge (2011).
“Struggling Over Bureaucracy: The Levers of Control,” (with Terry M. Moe) In Michael Nelson, ed. The Presidency and the Political System, 9th ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press (2009).
“Personnel is Policy: George W. Bush’s Managerial Presidency,” In Colin Provost and Paul Teske, eds. Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary Powers: President George W. Bush’s Influence Over Bureaucracy and Policy. New York: Palgrave (2009). [Download Chapter]
“The President and the Evolving Institutional Presidency: Presidential Choice, Institutional Change, and Staff Performance.” In Bert A. Rockman and Richard Waterman, eds. Presidential Leadership: The Vortex of Power. New York: Oxford University Press (2008).
“The Presidency and the Bureaucracy: Management Imperatives in a Separation of Powers System.” In Michael Nelson, ed. The Presidency and the Political System, 8PthP ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press (2005).
Reports:
Sourcebook of United States Executive Agencies, 2nd ed.(with Jennifer L. Selin). Report for the Administrative Conference of the United States (2018).
Survey on the Future of Government Service (with Mark D. Richardson). Report for the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (2015).
Sourcebook of United States Executive Agencies (with Jennifer L. Selin). Report for the Administrative Conference of the United States (2012).
“Reducing the Number of Political Appointees,” Memos to National Leaders Project, National Academy of Public Administration (2012).
“The White House Office of Presidential Personnel,” (with James P. Pfiffner and Bradley H. Patterson) White House Transition Project Report 2009-27 (2008).
Book Reviews:
Review of Daniel Treisman, The Architecture of Government: Rethinking Political Decentralization, Public Administration 87(4):983-4 (2009).
Review of Kenneth R. Mayer, With the Stroke of a Pen: Executive Orders and Presidential Power. Congress and the Presidency 29(2):230-2 (2002).
“Do Agencies Have the Capacity to be Reasonable?” Commentary on The Reasoning State by Edward H. Stiglitz, Yale Journal on Regulation, November, 2022.