Posted on 03/13/2017 5:51:52 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR REORGANIZING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. This order is intended to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of the executive branch by directing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Director) to propose a plan to reorganize governmental functions and eliminate unnecessary agencies (as defined in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code), components of agencies, and agency programs.
Sec. 2. Proposed Plan to Improve the Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Accountability of Federal Agencies, Including, as Appropriate, to Eliminate or Reorganize Unnecessary or Redundant Federal Agencies. (a) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the head of each agency shall submit to the Director a proposed plan to reorganize the agency, if appropriate, in order to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of that agency.
(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.
(d) In developing the proposed plan described in subsection (c) of this section, the Director shall consider, in addition to any other relevant factors:
(i) whether some or all of the functions of an agency, a component, or a program are appropriate for the Federal Government or would be better left to State or local governments or to the private sector through free enterprise;
(ii) whether some or all of the functions of an agency, a component, or a program are redundant, including with those of another agency, component, or program;
(iii) whether certain administrative capabilities necessary for operating an agency, a component, or a program are redundant with those of another agency, component, or program;
(iv) whether the costs of continuing to operate an agency, a component, or a program are justified by the public benefits it provides; and
(v) the costs of shutting down or merging agencies, components, or programs, including the costs of addressing the equities of affected agency staff.
(e) In developing the proposed plan described in subsection (c) of this section, the Director shall consult with the head of each agency and, consistent with applicable law, with persons or entities outside the Federal Government with relevant expertise in organizational structure and management.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 13, 2017.
ComDems and RINOs will fight it. But the public will pull their chain.
We will win this one too.
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!
“(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.”
I hope FR posts a link to said Federal Register so we can all “suggest improvements”.
Beware the Ides of March and federal judges with black-robed fever.
Wow....
Just like we have to deal with in the private sector.
Only 75 percent? You are altogether too kind to the bloodsuckers in government.
“If Trump didn’t do a SINGLE additional thing the next 7 years, he will have already have accomplished more good than any president in my lifetime, including Reagan.”
I dunno, Reagan defeated the Soviet Bloc, which was an existential threat to the United States. That counts bigly.
But this would be a close second.
Edited:
The Director of each agency is to create a list of CONSTITUTION things their department does...
Now we’re down to 2 employees. Good catch.
Private sector. What a quaint concept.
I’ve got some friends who work in military research who were whining about taking days off for the sequester.
I reminded them that the reason we even knew each other was that my private sector job let me go on permanent sequester when they reorganized and I had to move my family 600 miles for a new job in the private sector.
I basically told them that my sympathy meter was pegged at zero for them.
They understood and quit whining.
Unbelievable. We have never seen any president do this. Utterly amazing, and a dream come true.
The shrieking and rending of garments inside the beltway will be horrendous, but it must be done.
President Trump should nickname Congressman Ryan “Paul Rino!”
I just came with a couple ideas yesterday.
Strip food from the FDA, changing it to just the Federal Drug Review Agency more about changes to it later). Move “food regulation” from the FDA and the USDA into a single “food” agency, renamed the Federal Food Regulation and Review Agency. Put it under the commerce department.
Take measurement of vehicle miles per gallon from the EPA to the energy department. Include therein the measurement of vehicle exhaust emissions to also be measured by the energy department and merely turned over to the EPA to inform it what the figures are. Therewith we remove the science of vehicle energy efficiency and emissions to “energy” engineers, not environmental advocacy.
They can oppose it, but what constitutional authority do they have to do anything about it?
YES YES YES!!!! This fits in perfectly with this return to constitutional "Federalism" philosophy. As people watch in amazement as they become freer and tax are reduced, Trump will have an amazing bully pulpit to put this proposal for a constitutional amendment out there. Of course will be fought tooth and nail by the greedy Senators who are used to all the bit $$$$ coming in from super powerful lobbyists who can compete at the Federal/national level, they won't want to go back to being elected by a measly little state legislature but too bad too sad for them.
That one thing will do huge wonders for reigning in the Fed behemoth.
This allows the secretaries to surveillance their agencies and to make and educated ,calculated recommendations for the next executive order that will be agency specific to their agency. HEADS WILL ROLL!! COMMON CORE IS DEAD!! EPA is dead!! Dodd Frank is Dead. On and on and on!!Praise JESUS!!
But he needs to DITCH RINOCARE!! NOW!!
Politicians are primarily in the legislative branch. What constitutional authority do they have to determine the outcome or direction of such a process?
This executive order is aimed squarely at the executive branch, which the President controls.
The politicians don’t understand those of us in the private sector have been living this memo for the last 10+ years. The sympathy will not be as strong as they think.
Let’s shrink the EPA and move it into...
...say...
the Interior Department?
I don’t want to go back to the days of Lake Erie catching on fire, and having mega-fund sites being created by unscrupulous industry. (My experience with H1B visas has shown me how untrustworthy big business can be.)
However, the EPA has grown to be WAY too big for its britches. A shrink back to 80s levels would be a nice slap in the face to the green-red communists there, while still leaving jobs for those legitimately looking out for the health and safety of the country.
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