Putting Neutral Competence to the Test: OMB in the Trump Years

• In Event: Bureaucracy, Groups, and the Presidency

Brief Overview

The Office of Management and Budget's reputation for "neutral competence" was challenged by the workings and demands of the Trump White House. How did the Trump years fit earlier patterns of presidential-agency relations, or diverge from them?

Authors

• Matthew J. Dickinson, Middlebury College

• Andrew C. Rudalevige, Bowdoin College