The Public Manager Magazine Article
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Reorganizing the Federal Government to Meet Today's Challenges
The need to reduce the federal deficit and improve the efficiency of government programs has increased attention on reorganizing federal agencies and programs as a mechanism to achieve these desired results. Additionally, there is sustained interest both in changing the role and reducing the size of the federal government. The key question of any desire to reorganize government is how to better design the federal government to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Mon Dec 24 2012
Over the last several decades, the executive and legislative branches have expanded federal government agencies and their programs to address new or recurring problems. Another method to address problems has been to reorganize existing agencies and programs and expand their authorities, such as in the creation of the Department of Homeland Security.