Picking a president

You might want to know how the presidential candidates could affect the Foreign Service, at least from a management perspective.

Donald F. Kettl, a University of Pennsylvania professor, said none of the candidates have sent clear signals about what he or she would be like as the boss "beyond the broad symbols of [his or her] campaign and the tone of [his or her] rhetoric." Still, the professor has created a Web site, The Next Government which researches federal management positions in the 2008 campaign.

The National Federation of Federal Employees has endorsed Clinton. The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association traditionally does not make a presidential endorsement but gave Clinton, McCain and Obama a score of 100 for their 2005 and 2006 voting record, which means they voted the way the association preferred 100 percent of the time.

If you know of any other federal employment association endorsement or election research tool designed for federal employees, please add a comment.