Action Against Burrowing In?

Steven L. Katz, former chief counsel to the chairman of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, makes the case in a Government Executive opinion piece for more aggressive measures to prevent political appointees from transitioning into civil service jobs ("burrowing in"):  

[OMB Deputy Director Clay Johnson] is likely the only person close enough to the president who is personally committed to leading a respectable transition effort by the Bush administration and who has a big enough presence to step up against burrowers. Burrowing is Washington inside baseball, and Johnson does his best when others are reluctant to take on challenges that are obvious to everyone. Let's see him swing one more time.