An easier way is to simply wipe out entire agencies wholesale. There are 7400+ Federal Government agencies; there is overlap and duplicity all over the place. Trash half of these federal agencies as a start.
“An easier way is to simply wipe out entire agencies wholesale. There are 7400+ Federal Government agencies; there is overlap and duplicity all over the place. Trash half of these federal agencies as a start.”
For the agencies remaining cut out all of the contracting work and give the new cabinet secretary firing authority for an across the board 20% cut in the workforce. Use the cut to get rid of the dead wood, political hacks, and underperformers.
Next step, have the cabinet secretary do a grounds up zero based staffing and budget plan with every budget line item prioritized. Then, using the 80/20 rule, cut out the bottom 80% of the budget line items. At that point the bureaucracy might be manageable.
You are absolutely correct about the overlap and its a much bigger problem than most realize. Waste in government is monumental.
Trump needs to appoint a czar who will identify waste and redundancies and make the case for consolidating and/or eliminating agencies. It can be done, but its going to be a huge job. A lot of agencies have powerful political constituencies behind them which is one of the reasons they survive. But we have to do this. It will save the taxpayers a ton of money and improve the quality of services in my opinion.