OPM Begins Planning Its Reorganization Despite Pushback From Lawmakers

Government Executive: Lawmakers are once again taking steps to ensure the Trump administration does not implement elements of its plan to reorganize the government without authority from Congress, putting a potential snag in the White House’s plans.

Both the House and Senate included in their fiscal 2019 appropriations bills provisions to block unilateral efforts to reshape the Office of Personnel Management, General Services Administration and other agencies covered in the general government spending measure. The White House has proposed folding much of OPM into a restructured GSA and bringing much of what remains under its own umbrella.

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