Number: RL33441
Title: Executive Branch Reorganization and Management Initiatives: A Brief Overview
Authors: Harold C. Relyea, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: This report provides an overview of recent executive branch reorganization actions and related management initiatives. It reviews the relevant plans and preparations of President-elect Barack Obama as the new Administration transitions to assuming management of the executive branch. Briefly examined, as well, are the organization and management efforts of the most recent regimes. President George W. Bush came to office from a campaign which had emphasized efficiency in government, particularly through the use of information technology, but revealed no plans for executive branch reorganization. The Clinton Administration had conducted an active effort at "reinventing government," spearheaded by a National Performance Review (NPR) announced shortly after the 1993 inauguration. The NPR produced a series of reports proposing various organizational and operational reforms.
Pages: 20
Date: November 26, 2008