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For a Washington Job, Be Prepared to Tell All
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... pages. The application also asks applicants to please list all aliases or handles you have used to communicate on the Internet. The vetting process for executive branch jobs has been onerous for decades, with each incoming administration erecting new barriers in an effort to avoid the mistakes of the past, or the controversies of the present. It is typically updated to reflect technological change (there was no Facebook the last time a new president came to town). Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/us/politics/13apply.h...
Obama Administration Jobs: Most Intrusive Application Ever
TalkLeft —
... You may want to think twice. The New York Times reports that Obama's 7 page questionnaire is the most extensive and intrusive ever. You can view the 63 question form ...
Would You Fill Out the Obama Job App?
The Moderate Voice —
... ever done in their lifetimes that might cause the Administration embarrassment.
Responses to that latter question require an applicant to have something like ESP, asking them to anticipate what new transgression might be regarded as a sin in the next four years. This isn’t an easy task, given the ever-shifting mores and bases for controversy that have, for the past three-and-a-half decades, been a staple of Washington life. (Ever since Vietnam and Watergate.)
Notes The New York Times:
The questionnaire includes 63 requests for ...
Obama Job Seeker Vetting Process
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
Obama Job Seeker Vetting Process John McCain has caught quite a bit of flak for his rather cursory vetting process for his vice presidential selection. Barack Obama is going to the other extreme, requiring applicants for even low level appointments in his administration to fill out a seven page, 63 question document covering every conceivable base . The questionnaire includes 63 requests for personal and professional records, some covering applicants’ spouses and grown children as well, that are forcing job-seekers to rummage from basements to attics, in shoe boxes, diaries and computer archives to document both their achievements and missteps. Only the ...
Obama job applicants beware
The Swamp —
... As the New York Times reports, the Obama employment application gets pretty granular in terms of the details of applicants and their spouses. It's meant to avoid scandals and embarrassments. If the future Obama Administration can do that, it would be the first in history. But you can't blame them for trying. ...
Your handles, please
Corrente —
Obama wants ’em:
A seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of President-elect Barack Obama to those seeking cabinet and other high-ranking posts may be the most extensive — some say invasive — application ever.
The application asks applicants to “please list all aliases or ‘handles’ you have used to communicate on the Internet.”
No more Mark Foleys, I suppose (even if Leader Nance did deep six investigating him).
But really, how serious is this? How on earth could they check?
The Early Word: The Obama H.R. Dept.
The Caucus —
... , a catalog of 8,000 administration jobs to be vacated by Bush administration appointees came out on Wednesday. But the most highly sought-after jobs in Washington come with a price, as The Times’s Jackie Calmes notes today. Anyone vying for a top-level position with the administration faces the hurdle of a seven-page questionnaire that includes “63 requests for personal and professional records, some covering applicants’ spouses and grown children as well.” Here’s more from Ms. Calmes: Only the smallest details are excluded; traffic tickets carrying fines of ...
New Interest
Jules Crittenden —
[image] « Market Day New Interest In the past, tangled webs that are woven, as the Obama admin applies heavy scrutiny to job applicants. Not sure where they got this idea that one’s past might be a problem, should be revealed to interested parties. Maybe from the campaign coverage … of Sarah Palin. NYT, For A Washington Job, Be Prepared To Tell All : WASHINGTON — Want a top job in the Obama administration? Only pack rats need apply, preferably those not packing controversy. A seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of President-elect Barack Obama to those seeking cabinet and other high-ranking posts may be the most extensive — ...
If Only The Media Investigated Barry Like He Does For Potential Employees
Pirate's Cove —
Apparently, Barry is looking to hire Glinda The Good
Want a top job in the Obama administration? Only pack rats need apply, preferably those not packing controversy.
A seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of President-elect Barack Obama to those seeking cabinet and other high-ranking posts may be the most extensive — some say invasive — application ever.
The questionnaire includes 63 requests for personal and professional records, some covering applicants’ spouses and grown children as well, that are forcing job-seekers to rummage from basements to attics, in shoe boxes, diaries and computer archives to document both ...
If Only The Media Investigated Barry Like He Does For Potential Employees
Stop The ACLU —
Apparently, Barry is looking to hire Glinda The Good Want a top job in the Obama administration ? Only pack rats need apply, preferably those not packing controversy. A seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of President-elect Barack Obama to those seeking cabinet and other high-ranking posts may be the most extensive — some say invasive — application ever. The questionnaire includes 63 requests for personal and professional records, some covering applicants’ spouses and grown children as well, that are forcing job-seekers to rummage from basements to attics, in shoe boxes, diaries and computer archives to document both their achievements and ...
Not Applying For An Obama Administration Job
Eschaton —
Reasons fairly obvious:
A seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of President-elect Barack Obama to those seeking cabinet and other high-ranking posts may be the most extensive — some say invasive — application ever.
The questionnaire includes 63 requests for personal and professional records, some covering applicants’ spouses and grown children as well, that are forcing job-seekers to rummage from basements to attics, in shoe boxes, diaries and computer archives to document both their achievements and missteps.
Only the smallest details ...
Thursday's Transition News
The Stump —
Application interrogation? NYT details
the new administration's uber-detailed job form.
It's out! Get your Plum
Book of vacated federal positions today. Obama could cut the White House political affairs
office, Politico reports.
Techies love
the new Washington--and might migrate
east.
India
wonders why, oh why Obama hasn't
called.
John Bolton says Obama
has already blundered on missile defense. The top
ten ways Obama can use Web video in the White House.
Slate debates the merits of a super
transparent administration. ...
What careful vetting looks like
Political Animal —
WHAT CAREFUL VETTING LOOKS LIKE.... Planning to apply for a job in the new Obama administration? Be prepared to answer quite a few questions about, well, everything . A seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of President-elect Barack Obama to those seeking cabinet and other high-ranking posts may be the most extensive -- some say invasive -- application ever. The questionnaire includes 63 requests for personal and professional records, some covering applicants' spouses and grown children as well, that are forcing job-seekers to rummage from basements to ...
MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News —
... - David All, TechRepublican OTHER NEWS SOURCES: For a DC Job, Be Prepared to Tell All – New York Times ...
Bloggers Beware
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
When applying for jobs in the Obama administration: Only the smallest details are excluded; traffic tickets carrying fines of less than $50 need not be reported, the application says. Applicants are asked whether they or anyone in their family owns a gun. They must include any e-mail that might embarrass the president-elect, along with any blog posts and links to their Facebook pages. Try somewhere else, Ackerman. ...
Read These Now Because Mr. Smith Failed
Shakesville —
... "A seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of President-elect Barack Obama to those seeking cabinet and other high-ranking posts may be the most extensive — some say invasive — application ever." (NY) ...
No Bloggers Need Apply
Matthew Yglesias —
Well, there goes my dream of running whichever obscure Interior Department agency got involved in that hilarious scandal:
A seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of President-elect Barack Obama to those seeking cabinet and other high-ranking posts may be the most extensive — some say invasive — application ever. The questionnaire includes 63 requests for personal and professional records, some covering applicants’ spouses and grown children as well, that are forcing job-seekers to rummage from basements to attics, in shoe boxes, ...
Obama's First Mistake: The Questionnaire
Taylor Marsh —
... This has been talked about all week after The New York Times posted on it.
Want a job with the Obama-Biden administration? Well, there’s ...
Do you think I could get a job in the Obama Administration?
BlondeSense —
From the NYTimes: For a Washington Job, Be Prepared to Tell All A seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of President-elect Barack Obama to those seeking cabinet and other high-ranking posts may be the most extensive — some say invasive — application ever. The questionnaire includes 63 requests for personal and professional records, some covering applicants’ spouses and grown children as well, that are forcing job-seekers to rummage from basements to attics, in shoe boxes, diaries and computer archives to document both their achievements and ...
Gun Groups Fearmonger: Obama Is Discriminating Against Firearm Owners
Think Progress —
... The Obama transition team is requiring that all potential hires for high-ranking positions fill out a seven-page questionnaire with questions about the applicant’s financial history, affiliations, professional background, legal history, and domestic help. ...
Ari Herzog: Change.gov and Cluen: A Case Study in Privacy
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... I saw an email response yesterday, pointing me to continue the application process by filling out a 7-page, 63-question tell-all survey that New York Times reporter Jackie Calmes summarizes: ...
Another One Down
Balloon Juice —
... Seriously- we were confronted with story after story about how the Obama team had the most “intrusive application ever.” Did it not ask them if they had paid their damned taxes? ...
Vanishing Act
The Glittering Eye —
... I don’t have a great deal more to say about this other than to remind people of the nascent Obama Administration’s famously thorough vetting process, a gauntlet of 63 tough questions. Question 13 was reportedly: ...
