PATHS TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: The Selection and Preparation of Political Executives -- What We Set Out to Do -- What We Would Like Future Political Executives to Know -- What We Would Like the Office of Presidential Personnel to Know -- The Importance of Orientation Activities for Political Executives -- The Road Ahead -- Chapter Two: The Deputy secretaries -- Understanding the Job of the Deputy Secretary -- W. Scott Gould, Deputy Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs -- Seth D. Harris, Deputy Secretary, Department of Labor -- Dennis F. Hightower, Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce -- Kathleen A. Merrigan, Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture -- Anthony W. Miller, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education -- Daniel B. Poneman, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy -- Chapter Three: The Producers -- Understanding the Job of the Producer -- David J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for IntellectualProperty and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office,Department of Commerce -- David H. Stevens, Assistant Secretary for Housing and Commissioner,Federal Housing Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development -- William J. Taggart, Chief Operating Officer, Office of Federal Student Aid, Department of Educa tion -- Chapter Four: The Infrastructors -- Understanding the Job of the Infrastructor -- Jonathan S. Adelstein, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service,Department of Agriculture -- Arun Majumdar, Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy -- Victor M. Mendez, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation -- Joseph C. Szabo, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation -- Chapter Five: The Regulators -- Understanding the Job of the Regulator.

Michael R. Bromwich, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior -- Joseph A. Main, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, Departmen t of Labor -- David L. Strickland, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation -- Inez Moore Tenenbaum, Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission -- Chapter Six: The Scientists -- Understanding the Job of the Scientist -- Rebecca M. Blank, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economicsand Statistics Administration, Department of Commerce -- Patrick D. Gallagher, Director, National Institute of Standards andTechnology and Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards andTechnology, Department of Commerce -- Marcia K. McNutt, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior -- Richard G. Newell, Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy -- Chapter Seven: The Collaborators -- Understanding the Job of the Collaborator -- John Berry, Director, Office of Personnel Management -- David A. Hinson, National Director, Minority Business Development Agency, Department of Commerce -- Raymond M. Jefferson, Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employmentand Training Service, Department of Labor -- Appendix: Dates of Interviews -- References -- About the Authors and Contributors.