President Trump Issues Executive Order to Reduce Government " Duplication "

On 13 March, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order, which he argues will eliminate “duplication and redundancy” in the federal government. As a part of the President’s goal to restrain government spending and regulations, the directive seeks to terminate or merge agencies that have similar goals. The White House spokesman said that the administration does not have specific numbers in mind in regards to how much money the government wishes to save through this effort, nor how many agencies might be eliminated. Under the executive order, all federal agencies will be subject to evaluation by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Within 180 days after the release of the executive order, the head of each federal agency is to submit a plan of reorganization to OMB, which will then report to the President an assessment of the agency. Considerations taken by the OMB will include whether state or local governments can perform the actions of the agency, whether other agencies perform the same tasks, and the costs of removing or merging the agencies. Efforts to consolidate federal programs are not new. The Government Accountability Office has previously identified dozens of areas where the federal government could be run more efficiently. During his time in office, President Obama requested the authority to reorganize the Department of Commerce in order to realign several bureaus that focus on small businesses and to move the National Oceanic and...
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