AP= More fake news!
Watch this fade away.....
If we got rid of all the people who “live off of us by means of a useless government job,” Trump would have a huge unemployment problem.
Anyone whose goal is to diminish the passage of oral flatulence in DC is doomed to failure.
This is a good thing. Positions on commissions, committees and boards like this are usually patronage positions handed out as payback for political support, I’d eliminate a lot more than 1/3 myself.
An example is when Willie Brown appointed his mistress Kamala Harris to the California Medical Assistance Commission in 1994 with a $70K a year salary. I’m not sure if she actually had to attend any meetings to get paid three times the average yearly salary at the time. More examples are Michelle Obama’s numerous committee and board appointments over the years with many hundreds of thousands of dollars compensation over the years although as far as I can tell she has zero qualifications to advise on anything.
They’ll reduce three 10 man commissions down to one 45 person panel.
Problem solved!
Article is old, but I’m thinking that under the previous administration the numbers may have gone up..
Executive Order on Evaluating and Improving the Utility of Federal Advisory Committees.
List is too long, so check it out here:
Important items I saw so far:
(b) Each agency shall, by September 30, 2019, terminate at least one-third of its current committees established under section 9(a)(2) of FACA, including committees for which the:
(i) stated objectives of the committee have been accomplished
(ii) subject matter or work of the committee has become obsolete
(iii) primary functions have been assumed by another entity
(iv) agency determines that the cost of operation is excessive in relation to the benefits to the Federal Government.
Sec. 2. Limitations on New Advisory Committees. The Government-wide combined total number of eligible committees (excluding committees covered by section 6(d) of this order) shall not exceed 350. If the combined total number of eligible committees exceeds 350, an agency may not establish a new advisory committee under section 9(a)(2) of FACA, unless the agency obtains a waiver pursuant to subsection 4(b) of this order.
Limit on committees.
(c) By September 1, 2019, the Director shall make appropriate recommendations to the President about terminating committees established by the President under section 9(a)(1) of FACA.
Sec. 5. Exemption for Merit Review Panels. (a) The requirements of sections 1, 2, and 3 of this order do not apply to a merit review panel or advisory committee whose primary purpose is to provide scientific expertise to support agencies making decisions related to the safety or efficacy of products to be marketed to American consumers.
Committees = Bonus Pay
A hacks wet dram come true