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PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ELIMINATING A MAJOR FEDERAL AGENCY. THE WHITE HOUSE TOLD US WHY
The Daily Caller ^ | 9:47 AM 04/12/2019 | Molly Prince

Posted on 04/12/2019 2:34:00 PM PDT by little jeremiah

The White House is moving to dissolve the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and reorganize the agency’s responsibilities into three existing departments in order to “drive what is needed to support the mission in all of government.”

“When we really look at the need for government overall, and we looked at the [OPM’s] design to support those needs, there was a fundamental structural misalignment between the challenges of today around our workforce and what OPM was conditioned to do,” Margaret Weichert, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget and acting OPM director, told The Daily Caller News Foundation on Thursday.

The agency was formed in 1979 and tasked with managing the government’s civilian workforce, which includes healthcare, insurance and retirement benefits, as well as oversight and human resources policies for federal employees.

President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to dismantle OPM, beginning in fall 2019, and divide its functions among three separate departments: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

The OPM is responsible for managing the majority of government security clearances. The restructuring would have the DOD oversee the massive background investigation operation. And GSA could soon take over OPM’s current human resources obligations, according to The Washington Post.

OMB would head the high-level policies that govern federal employees, but only three people from OPM are expected to transfer over to the executive office, a senior administration official explained to TheDCNF. However, those three individuals would be assigned new roles in the department.

“The mission of this agency is incredibly important and in the president’s management agenda there are three priorities for transforming government for the 21st century,” Weichert told TheDCNF. Those being “IT modernization, data accountability and transparency.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1979; districtofcolumbia; dod; draintheswamp; eliminate; federal; federalagency; gsa; jeffbezos; maga; omb; opm; securityclearances; trump; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost; yourefired
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To: little jeremiah

Nice first step.


41 posted on 04/12/2019 5:46:37 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: Karoo
I had to look the GSA up on Internet. Sounds like a useless agency.

Tell me, during your search, did you find any that weren't useless?

Asking for a friend.

42 posted on 04/12/2019 5:47:15 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: elpadre

Both DOEs are prime candidates!
(Education and Energy)

CA....


43 posted on 04/12/2019 6:18:46 PM PDT by Chances Are (Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
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To: little jeremiah

Next department that needs to be axed....

Homeland Security.

It has failed in its mission to stop the enemy from attacking the country, and now, we have an invasion from the southern border and an influx of foreigners intent on doing harm to the country, like Ilhan Omar. We are worse off now than before 9/11.


44 posted on 04/12/2019 6:39:02 PM PDT by adorno
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To: SaveFerris
What is it that SES (whatever that is) supposedly does?

Senior Executive Service.

These are the political appointees that are at the top of the federal agencies and are supposed to serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States.

In most cases, when a Democrat becomes President, a vast majority of SES are let go and replaced with people the new President wants. Over the years I have seen that Republican Presidents keep a vast majority of them because the Press has a conniption fit when they get fired, even though the President has every legal right to let them go.

When Clinton took office I saw several SES hired on as GS15 Federal employees so they could keep jobs withing the government. The ones I saw stayed in the DoD and kept working on the programs they once headed, just at lower pay and reduced responsibilities.

45 posted on 04/12/2019 6:47:06 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: OldMissileer

Wow, GS-15. That would be some good cash for me.


46 posted on 04/12/2019 6:51:33 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: adorno

The reasons for DHS included the fact that the several agencies brought together under the DHS umbrella had considerable overlap in responsibilities and serious problems sharing and communicating with one another. And, in theory, the overall cost of operating DHS should have been considerably less than the separate agencies totaled. I don’t know if it turned out that way.


47 posted on 04/12/2019 7:13:54 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: little jeremiah

Yipee! This allows PDJT to get rid of the Obama people who are holding back Trumps nominees! They have been a roadblock to PDJT. Go get them POTUS!


48 posted on 04/12/2019 7:32:33 PM PDT by WWG1WWA (Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity." -Marcus Aurelius)
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To: Wuli
Maybe OPM has been doing security clearances for the federal civilians, and we are moving that to the DOD??

DoD personnel who hold or have ever held security clearances were compromised when the Chinese hacked into the OPM databases a few years ago. I'm not sure how security clearances are investigated and granted, but I do know that personal information was compromised.

It does make sense for DoD to investigate, grant, and safeguard information related to security clearances. There are a few other functions of OPM that I wonder where they will go. For example, when I hire a new employee and they want a pay raise or vacation credits (because they were contractors that I hired as employees), I consult the OPM for guidance on how to handle their requests. I don't know where I will look for that regulatory guidance once the OPM is disbanded.

49 posted on 04/12/2019 7:42:40 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: little jeremiah

OPM is a disaster to deal with. One dept doesn’t and some refuse to rcommunicate with the other. What are the very worst are the depts that are contracted out. The contracted depts are a nightmare. . I hope they get it organized and running efficiently.


50 posted on 04/12/2019 8:26:53 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: HollyB

Trump is used to running his businesses without waste, abuse, redundancy, etc. I am sure he’s got laid out plans for the US gov. Now that the Russia Hoax is over, he will get more aggressive, I am sure.


51 posted on 04/12/2019 8:51:35 PM PDT by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)
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To: polymuser

So in 80 or so years, only the Good Lord knows how many have been added.

But this has been the FIRST TIME someone saw a reason to get rid of one.

Good work if you can get it.


52 posted on 04/12/2019 9:40:43 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: onyx

Every month. :)


53 posted on 04/12/2019 9:46:02 PM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: little jeremiah

Eliminating something in the federal government is always a good day!


54 posted on 04/12/2019 9:46:41 PM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: polymuser

It may be eliminated by name only. It’s basically a huge Human Resources department. Employment, hiring, insurance, back ground checks, payroll - all go thru various departments in OPM.


55 posted on 04/12/2019 10:04:27 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: tired&retired

They’ve been hacked more than once.


56 posted on 04/12/2019 10:04:55 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: OldMissileer

A close friend has turned down the promotion to a 15 and has stayed a 14 for that very reason. Once a 15 (SES), they own you - she says.


57 posted on 04/12/2019 10:09:11 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: little jeremiah

“...They’re not God....”

They want to think they are.


58 posted on 04/12/2019 10:10:31 PM PDT by NCC-1701 ((You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality.))
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To: SaveFerris

looks like it attracts and pays leftists in government leadership positions who then can control.

Another layer of pigs in this Animal Farm.


59 posted on 04/13/2019 3:05:19 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: little jeremiah
After two years of swamp draining and this is what we get. One off the wall closure.

How many millions did they spend on evaluating all these alphabet orgs?

We deserve and NEED more of them to be shuttered

60 posted on 04/13/2019 4:33:21 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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