Zippyjuan
12-11-2019, 03:10 PM
Promises made, promises unkept. He does say a lot of things and never does them.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/474144-trump-abandons-plan-to-dissolve-office-of-personnel-management-report
President Trump has abandoned his plan to dissolve the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), backtracking on a campaign promise to shrink the government, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
The office, which employs 5,500 people and manages human resources for the 2.1 million person civilian workforce, will not at this point be divided among the White House and the General Services Administration.
This follows an 18-month effort by an Office of Management and Budget official to get rid of OPM, which has existed since 1978, after officials and lawmakers said the resulting plan was not concrete and not likely to save money. A defense authorization bill expected to be voted on Wednesday will move the matter to an independent study committee, the Post reported.
The president reportedly decided against moving forward with the plan after watching a television program on government and told other White House officials the next day. Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, acting budget director Russell Vought and Margaret Weichert, a White House official pushing for the OPM elimination attempted to persuade the president, but it did not work.
“The president has been very clear that the reforms to make government more efficient shouldn’t have a negative implication for federal workers in that agency,” Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) told the Post.
More at link.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/474144-trump-abandons-plan-to-dissolve-office-of-personnel-management-report
President Trump has abandoned his plan to dissolve the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), backtracking on a campaign promise to shrink the government, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
The office, which employs 5,500 people and manages human resources for the 2.1 million person civilian workforce, will not at this point be divided among the White House and the General Services Administration.
This follows an 18-month effort by an Office of Management and Budget official to get rid of OPM, which has existed since 1978, after officials and lawmakers said the resulting plan was not concrete and not likely to save money. A defense authorization bill expected to be voted on Wednesday will move the matter to an independent study committee, the Post reported.
The president reportedly decided against moving forward with the plan after watching a television program on government and told other White House officials the next day. Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, acting budget director Russell Vought and Margaret Weichert, a White House official pushing for the OPM elimination attempted to persuade the president, but it did not work.
“The president has been very clear that the reforms to make government more efficient shouldn’t have a negative implication for federal workers in that agency,” Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) told the Post.
More at link.