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• AGENCY REORGANIZATION PLANS IS LIGHT ON DETAILS - February 13, 2017
• Transferring Responsibilities and Consolidating Offices Highlight Trump Reorganization Plan
  
  
  By Eric Katz, Government Executive
  
  
  More than one year after President Trump issued an executive order calling on all federal agencies to submit a comprehensive plan to reorganize and reform themselves, the administration has proposed what it is now calling a “first step” toward submitting those changes.

  
  

  The proposals were laid out in Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget, often focusing on consolidating administrative functions or merging various programs with similar functions, but not every agency detailed its plans. Some agencies put forward more specific ideas, such as shifting bureaus to new locations or transferring responsibilities to other agencies. The administration said more details would be forthcoming, pledging to create concrete goals and trackable metrics with “senior accountable officials” to oversee them.
  
  
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