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 -=> On 07-18-20  06:48,  Bj”rn Felten <=-
 -=> spoke to Tim Richardson about Cognitive Test <=-


 TR> She further stated (get ready); `Thats a traditional prerogative of an
 TR> incoming president.'

 BF> Interesting observation, thanks a lot Tim. Is that the 
 BF> general US conception of how the incoming POTUS shall act? 
 BF> Is firing and replacing everyone in the government, without 
 BF> any reason, the norm for every new POTUS?
 BF> What a waste of cumulative knowledge

Not everyone, just the political appointees as defined by the Plum Book.
As I said before to you, the career civil servents cannot be fired on a
whim -- it takes serious charges to do so.  OTOH, the incoming President
is entitled to appoint a number of people, from department secrtaries on
down, in order to have a cadree of people at the policy level who can
carry out his/her agenda and policies.  The bulk of the work and
cumulative knowledge and expertise resides lower down.

 BF> -- no wonder USA is
 BF> best in the world when it comes to spreading the corona 
 BF> virus...  :(

That distinction comes from the top and the lack of leadership there.

                               Dale Shipp
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