“””The Director shall publish a notice in the Federal Register inviting the public to suggest improvements in the organization and functioning of the executive branch and shall consider the suggestions when formulating the proposed plan described in subsection (c) of this section.”””
We at Free Republic ought to consider working on our list of specific downsizings and submit the list to whoever the Director of this downsizing is.
As we go back to giving more power to the state’s own destiny, go back to the Constitution’s provision of state legislators electing their Senators to represent the state, not the people!
Here’s a list of the Executive Branch via wikipedia
Executive Branch
Council of Economic Advisers
Council on Environmental Quality
Executive Residence
National Security Council
Office of Administration
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Trade Representative
Office of the Vice President
President’s Intelligence Advisory Board
President’s Intelligence Oversight Board
Office of the Senior Advisor to the President
White House Office
Domestic Policy Council
Office of National AIDS Policy
Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation
Rural Council
National Security Advisor
National Economic Council
Office of Communications
White House Press Secretary
Office of the First Lady
Office of Management and Administration
White House Visitors Office
Oval Office Operations
Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs
Council on Women and Girls
Office of Urban Affairs
Office of the Staff Secretary
Office of Presidential Correspondence
Office of the Executive Clerk
Office of the White House Counsel
White House Military Office
White House Communications Agency (Joint Services Unit)
Presidential Airlift Group (United States Air Force)
White House Medical Unit (United States Navy)
Camp David (United States Navy)
Marine Helicopter Squadron One (United States Marine Corps)
White House Mess or Presidential Food Service (United States Navy)
White House Transportation Agency (United States Army)
THIS IS WHERE WE COME IN! And, Jim — you hold us to it!
...EVERYONE with even the LEAST FReeper cred at all ought to be Johnny-on-the-spot with their righteous conservative input when that comment period is announced.
(b) The Director shall publish a notice in the Federal Register inviting the public to suggest improvements in the organization and functioning of the executive branch and shall consider the suggestions when formulating the proposed plan described in subsection (c) of this section.
(c) Within 180 days after the closing date for the submission of suggestions pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the Director shall submit to the President a proposed plan to reorganize the executive branch in order to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of agencies. The proposed plan shall include, as appropriate, recommendations to eliminate unnecessary agencies, components of agencies, and agency programs, and to merge functions. The proposed plan shall include recommendations for any legislation or administrative measures necessary to achieve the proposed reorganization.
I mean — in the name of all that's Holy — if EVER there were a "poll" in dire need of FReeping; THIS IS IT!
THIS is where the FRONT LINE will be drawn in this battle. If we don't show up here en masse and make The Conservative Voice HEARD — and I mean heard LOUD and CLEAR — we've GOT NO BUSINESS whining about ANY aspect of this later on. FReepers' and other like-minded conservatives' have GOT TO show up and comment intelligently, constructively, Constitutionally, and in substantive numbers, or we'll have sent a clear signal that we're vocal, but have no actual ideas or solutions when it comes down to brass tacks.
I DECLARE IN THE STRONGEST OF TERMS: THAT CANNOT BE PERMITTED TO OCCUR!
Indeed, if Free Republic had been brought into existence for NO OTHER PURPOSE than for FReepers to BE The Voice of Conservative America at this exact juncture, and provide the input this Administration is asking for; to seize upon this chance to forcefully advocate DIRECTLY to this Administration, at the highest level, for the restoration of Constitutional constraints upon the Federal powers; why that alone would justify every last thin dime invested in its existence.
How Great could America become without the daily intrusions of the Beltway alphabet soup of Federal agencies? A resounding success on this front could be significant enough to rival a SCOTUS overturn of Wickhard v. Filburn and the Restoration of The Commerce Clause! And here Trump has gone and tossed the Golden Opportunity right into our very LAPS!
WATCH THIS SPACE for the coming NOTICE referenced in the EO:
FEDERAL REGISTER
And when that Notice appears, POUNCE all over it!