Reorganization Authority & Results Commissions

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DHS Above the Law

Paperwork Reduction Act Reauthorization

Program Assessment & Results Act

Reorganization Authority & Results Commissions

Small Business Paperwork

Sunset Commission

Unfunded Mandates

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Tracking developments related to fast-track government reorganization authority, including proposals for "results commissions"

News

White House Pushes for Sunsets, Reorganization Power 02/22/2006
The White House used its annual budget submission yet again as a platform to call for policies that would distort the management of government programs. Read More

House Effort to Create Sunset, Results Commissions Meets Resistance 10/04/2005
A House hearing on White House proposals to overhaul the federal government was marked by criticism of their "good government" justifications and impassioned arguments about separation of powers. Read More

White House Demands Power to Restructure Government 07/11/2005
The White House finally released last week its proposal for legislation granting the Bush administration wide-ranging powers to restructure government programs and force them to plead for their lives every 10 years. Read More

GOP Seeks Power to Restructure Entire Federal Government 05/31/2005
The Bush administration's systematic dismantling of the public's protections could soon accelerate as Republican lawmakers prepare legislation that would permit the unrestrained restructuring of the entire federal government through results commissions and fast-track reorganization authority. Read More

UMRA, Results Proposals Advance in Budget Resolution 05/02/2005
The budget resolution Congress finally agreed upon last week incorporated language that endorses the establishment of a results commission and marks the first steps in the direction of turning the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) into an insurmountable obstacle for new protections of the public interest. Read More

Sunset, Results Commission Proposals Likely 04/04/2005
Both the White House and congressional Republicans have vowed to introduce legislative packages that would force programs to fight for their lives every 10 years and would link controversial performance ratings to decisions about the very structure of government. Read More

Budget Includes Anti-Regulatory Proposals 02/07/2005
As expected, the White House included several threats of new anti-regulatory initiatives in today’s budget release to Congress. Read More