Swordsmyth
06-21-2018, 03:41 PM
The White House on Thursday unveiled a sweeping plan to reorganize how the federal government is structured, including controversial proposals to impose work requirements on assistance programs.
“Businesses change all the time,” said White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney (http://thehill.com/people/mick-mulvaney). “Government doesn't, and one of the things you get when you hire a businessman to become president is you bring this attitude from the private sector.”The plan touches a wide range of agencies, but one of its main proposals is to move the food stamp program, officially known as SNAP, out of the Department of Agriculture and into the Department of Health and Human Services. That department would then be renamed the Department of Health and Public Welfare.
A new Council on Public Assistance would then oversee programs gathered in one place, including food stamps and Medicaid, and have the power to impose uniform work requirements in those programs, a move strongly opposed by Democrats.
Another proposal that is sure to be controversial is to privatize the United States Postal Service.
Another would merge the Department of Agriculture’s food safety regulators with those in the Food and Drug Administration. Officials said that would reform the current system, where a cheese pizza is regulated by the FDA for safety, while a pepperoni pizza is regulated by the Department of Agriculture.
OMB Deputy Director Margaret Weichert told reporters that some of the proposals could be implemented by the administration without Congress. For example, an idea to elevate the Office of Personnel Management could be done without congressional action, she said.
More at: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/393479-white-house-releases-sweeping-proposal-to-reorganize-government
“Businesses change all the time,” said White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney (http://thehill.com/people/mick-mulvaney). “Government doesn't, and one of the things you get when you hire a businessman to become president is you bring this attitude from the private sector.”The plan touches a wide range of agencies, but one of its main proposals is to move the food stamp program, officially known as SNAP, out of the Department of Agriculture and into the Department of Health and Human Services. That department would then be renamed the Department of Health and Public Welfare.
A new Council on Public Assistance would then oversee programs gathered in one place, including food stamps and Medicaid, and have the power to impose uniform work requirements in those programs, a move strongly opposed by Democrats.
Another proposal that is sure to be controversial is to privatize the United States Postal Service.
Another would merge the Department of Agriculture’s food safety regulators with those in the Food and Drug Administration. Officials said that would reform the current system, where a cheese pizza is regulated by the FDA for safety, while a pepperoni pizza is regulated by the Department of Agriculture.
OMB Deputy Director Margaret Weichert told reporters that some of the proposals could be implemented by the administration without Congress. For example, an idea to elevate the Office of Personnel Management could be done without congressional action, she said.
More at: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/393479-white-house-releases-sweeping-proposal-to-reorganize-government