Social Network Analysis in the Obama Administration

There is a very interesting article (which is a little dated) from the early days of the Obama Administration in 2009. The author, Jessica Lipnack, created an organizational chart for the Executive Branch. Of note is the fact that then Chief of Staff, Rahm Emmanuel, had 23 direct reports where as Cabinet Level officials had direct access to the President. Also, the organizational structure was adapted from the Bush Administration as President Obama elected to have two Chief of Staffs, Jim Messina (operations) and Mona Stephen (policy). It would be interesting to explore how the organizational chart, and relatedly, how the decision making in the Obama White House has changed with Bill Daley as Chief of Staff.

http://endlessknots.netage.com/.a/6a00df3523b1d08834010536e4dcf9970b-pi

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