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Dec 17, 2018TechWriter1 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Lewis provides a good narrative about what did and did not happen within Federal agencies after Trump was elected. The first thing that happened at Commerce, Energy, and Agriculture was Nothing! Despite Federal law requiring a presidential transition process, no one showed up at the various agencies for days or weeks after the election. It turns out that Trump considered the transition to be a waste of time and money, something that he and his staff could figure out in an hour or two. When people did show up, agency staffers found that they usually knew nothing about what the agency did and didn’t care. They had agendas of their own to carry out, often including shutting down or drastically changing agency functions. Lewis illustrates his narrative with fascinating examples of what goes on in some of the agencies that most people are unaware of: Nuclear weapons material tracking in Energy and The National Weather Service in Commerce. The fifth risk? It's what you fail to imagine that kills you.