President Trump

New executive order urges emphasis on skills over education

Michael Rigas, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management, explains the new executive order from President Trump encouraging agencies to base hiring decisions more on skills and less on educational credentials

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Implementing the Defense Production Act

Mark Cancian, Senior Adviser for the International Security Program at CSIS, discusses the significance of the president using the Defense Production Act to tell General Motors to start making more ventilators

Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, CSIS, Defense Production Act, General Motors, Mark Cancian, pandemic, President Trump, ventilators