Posted on 04/10/2019 1:15:12 PM PDT by Red Badger
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The Trump administration is considering eliminating a government agency that is ineffective and inefficient. It would be the fulfillment of a promise to shrink the size of government. The left isn’t taking it well, but they never take anything well.
If the administration succeeds at dismantling the Office of Personnel Management, the closure could be a blueprint for shutting other departments down. That is the idea of course.
The functions of the agency would be split among three other departments and he will do it via executive order.
It is in the final stages of review. OPM employees have been told.
It’s a big, exemplary step,” Margaret Weichert, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget and acting OPM director, said in an interview. She characterized the agency created to oversee the civil service in 1978 as “fundamentally not set up for success, structurally.” NO ONE THINKS IT’S DOING A GOOD JOB, NO ONE, BUT THEY WANT TO KEEP IT ANYWAY
For Trump, the breakup of the 5,565-employee federal personnel agency would target the inefficient bureaucracy and revive the workforce who have become slugs [my word, not anyone else’s. WaPo called the agency sluggish].
The unions and their payola partners, the Democrats, will freak out.
It hasn’t been done since World War II. Democrats see that as a reason to not do it, but it’s definitely a reason to do it. World War II ended in 1945 and it’s about time someone did something with our burdensome bureaucracy.
The White House hopes to do it in stages with some steps beginning now, and other changes pending congressional approval.
Unfortunately, almost all of Congress, including Republicans love the big government to varying degrees.
The General Services Administration will absorb OPM’s human resources. The Office of Management and Budget would take over high-level policies governing federal employees.
No one, literally no one, thinks OPM’s doing a good job.
CATO is afraid it will mean consolidating a smaller agency into bigger ones, making for much larger agencies. Chris Edwards says it’s a consolidation of “dysfunctional federal bureaucracies.”
There are valid concerns and Mr. Edwards is one of them.
But, then, how else?
We don’t know the whole plan. It sounds like other agencies are going to get truncated as well. Let’s be hopeful. The President has good instincts. THE LEFT IS FREAKING OUT
The American Federation of Government Employees is calling it “Trump’s Dangerous Plan to Abolish OPM” and predicting disaster for all of the employees.
Social media is lit up Lots of conspiracies and paranoia. They want to abolish ICE, a very important agency in bringing criminals to justice, but not a sluggish government agency.
YOU WOULD THINK THE WORLD WAS COMING TO AND END!.............................
hint:
THEIRS IS!.............................
Sorry, I thought he was eliminating left{ist} freaks.
Yes Mr President ,
This is just the sort of simple, common sense patriotism have been saying is needed for DECADES.
TRUMP IS ONE OF US
How about NOT reassigning some of the functions? This is a chance to reduce not just the size and cost of government, but its intrusiveness.
Same thing.....................
Quote: “The functions of the agency would be split among three other departments and he will do it via executive order.”
And some Judge in the DC or the 9th Circuit will exercise the power granted it by nothing and reverse it.
All hail our real rulers! I give you Gaius Julius Federal Judgicus Ceaser!!!!
While he is at it eliminate DHS. It never should have been created.
“She characterized the agency created to oversee the civil service in 1978 as “fundamentally not set up for success, structurally.” NO ONE THINKS IT’S DOING A GOOD JOB, NO ONE, BUT THEY WANT TO KEEP IT ANYWAY”
IF the department in question’s mission is confusing, redundant, or seems unnecessary it’s more than likely something the Democrats created for the appearance of legitimacy to stow their loyal sychophants in need of a paycheck.
It’s past time to eliminate such Democrat manufactured redundancies.
ping
The duties and personnel should NOT be folded into other agencies. They should be eliminated.
including security clearance screening and investigation?
As long as the department of redundancy department is still fully funded, then all is well
The left isn’t taking it well.
The only thing the left takes well is when they bend over and grab their ankles.
Close the worthless agency today. No one will notice except for the lazy, useless government “workers” employed there.
I’VE DONE WORK FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
I WOULD ESTIMATE THEY ARE *ALL* ABOUT 25% EFFICIENT.
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO TWICE THE WORK WITH HALF THE STAFF.
Military-related and US Postal Service aside, what federal government agencies operate efficiently?
The IRS........................
Lots of government fat and waste. We’re overdue in doing something about it.
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