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The Public Manager

Act Like a Director

LM
Monday, September 15, 2014

Visionaries
When directors and top managers step down, it may take some time to fill the vacated positions. In the meantime, agencies, programs, and departments need a leader. Often, an acting director will step in. At the U.S. National Arboretum, a 446-acre campus in Washington, D.C., operating under the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture, two research scientists are taking successive three-month details as acting director. How are these temporary leaders chosen and what happen

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