However, the purpose of the meeting goes beyond simply discussing action items and progress reports. According to Norman Eisen, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former top ethics and government affairs lawyer in the Obama White House, it may be utilised as a venue to discuss aims and goals as well as to exchange best practises. Eisen observed that senior officials frequently use meetings as an opportunity to make speeches, provide observations, and outline their desired course of action before either endorsing them or criticising them if they are not carried through. Meeti