White House Presidential Personnel Office

The White House Presidential Personnel Office (PPO, sometimes written as Office of Presidential Personnel) is the White House Office tasked with vetting new appointees.[1][2] Its offices are on the first floor of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C.[2] The PPO is one of the offices most responsible for assessing candidates to work at or for the White House.[3]

History

The Presidential Personnel Office was previously named the White House Personnel Office (WHPO), and it was created by Frederick V. Malek in 1971, to standardize the White House's hiring process.[4][5] It was renamed by the Presidential Personnel Office (PPO) by President Gerald Ford in 1974.[4][6]

Under President Donald Trump, the professionalism of the PPO was challenged after The Washington Post reported that the office was staffed with largely-inexperienced personnel.[2][7]

Leadership

References

  1. ↑ "White House Offices". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved July 30, 2018. The Presidential Personnel Office recruits, screens, and recommends qualified candidates for Presidential appointments to Federal departments and agencies.
  2. 1 2 3 4 O'Harrow Jr., Robert; Boburg, Shawn; Crites, Alice (March 30, 2018). "Behind the chaos: Office that vets Trump appointees plagued by inexperience". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ Shirley Anne Warshaw. Powersharing: White House-Cabinet Relations in the Modern Presidency. SUNY Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-4384-2331-9.
  4. 1 2 Michael Nelson (1 May 2015). Guide to the Presidency. Routledge. p. 492. ISBN 978-1-135-91462-2.
  5. ↑ Naughton, James M. (July 12, 1971). "Nixon's Talent Hunter Also Wields Executive Hatchet". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ "PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL OFFICE FILES, (1953-73) 1974-77". Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Retrieved July 30, 2018. However, in 1974, President Ford changed the name of the White House Personnel Office to PPO, and began restructuring the office to focus more on Presidential appointments, relying more on department heads to secure non-Presidential appointments in their departments.
  7. ↑ Bowden, John (March 30, 2018). "Office that vets Trump appointees faces staff shortage, inexperience: report". The Hill.
  8. 1 2 Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1978, Book 2: June 30 to December 31, 1978. Government Printing Office. p. 1787. ISBN 978-0-16-058934-8.
  9. ↑ "JAMES, E. PENDLETON: Files, 1981-1982 – REAGAN LIBRARY COLLECTIONS" (PDF). Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. October 5, 2016. p. 1. When Reagan assumed the Presidency in January 1981, James became head of the Office of Presidential Personnel.
  10. 1 2 "GEORGE H.W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY GUIDE TO HOLDINGS" (PDF). George Bush Presidential Library. March 8, 2011. p. 86. Charles G. Untermeyer, Assistant to the President and Director 1/21/89–8/24/91 [...] Constance Horner, Assistant to the President and Director 1991–1993
  11. ↑ Shirley Anne Warshaw (14 May 2014). The Clinton Years. Infobase Publishing. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-8160-7459-4.
  12. ↑ "Board of Directors". Clinton Foundation. Retrieved July 30, 2018. In 1993, Bruce was also director of the Office of Presidential Personnel where he supervised the selection and approval of political appointees in the Cabinet departments and to Presidential boards and commissions.
  13. ↑ Epstein, Jennifer (June 25, 2013). "Personnel chief Nancy Hogan to leave the White House". Politico. Hogan briefly served as chief of staff for White House personnel in early 2009, before taking the lead in the office in July 2009.
  14. ↑ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T., eds. (July 8, 2013). "Press Release - White House Announces Nancy Hogan to Step Down; Jonathan McBride to Serve as Assistant to the President & Director of Presidential Personnel". University of California, Santa Barbara. Nancy Hogan was appointed Director of the Presidential Personnel office in August, 2009.
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