I was interviewed for a story that reporter Drew Friedman did on an OPM memo recommending that all agencies redesignate their CHCO Council roles as “general” rather than “career reserved,” a move that would open up Council membership to ‘political’ appointments. However, in my remarks to Drew, I pointed out that Council is actually co-chaired (by law) by two political appointees, and its Executive Director is already a Presidential appointee. I also pointed out that the original CHCO Council, chartered way back in 2005, included a number of ‘career general’ PAS appointees, in part because they had far more influence with their cabinet secretaries than ‘career reserved’ members…and thus allowing the Council to actually SET policy, not just execute it.