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Federal shifts may reshape agency work, lobbyist David Turch tells Montclair council workshop
Summary
At a Montclair council workshop, federal legislative advocates warned the incoming administration’s emphasis on loyalty and personnel changes could alter how agencies interact with local governments and affect the pace and certainty of federal grants and programs.
David Turch, a federal legislative advocate with David Turch & Associates, told the Montclair City Council at a workshop that the incoming administration’s personnel strategy and approach to governance are likely to change how federal agencies operate and how quickly they can act on local priorities.
Turch said the new presidency appears to be ‘‘transactional’’ and that the president ‘‘does exactly what he says he’s going to do,’’ adding that appointments and staffing decisions may be driven more by loyalty than by traditional professional constraints. He warned that…
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