LINN: More Transfers and Privatization for the Federal Government

Last week I discussed various agencies that can be transferred between Executive Departments. Now I will focus on other additional agencies, boards, commissions, etc. that can be transferred.

The Federal Interagency Commission can acquire the Administrative Conference of the United States, Chief Acquisition Officers Council, Chief Financial Officers Council, Chief Human Capital Officers Council, Chief Information Officers Council, Council of Inspectors General on Integrity & Efficiency, Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, Federal Executive Boards, Federal Geographic Data Committee, Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, General Services Administration, Interagency Alternate Dispute Resolution Working Group, Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of Government Ethics, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Special Counsel, and the U.S. Ability One Commission.

The Council of Economic Advisers shall acquire the National Economic Council, the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The National Security Council shall acquire the Homeland Security Council, Intelligence Oversight Board, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Office of the National Cyber Director, the Office of the National Security Advisor, the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. The Office of Intergovernmental Affairs shall acquire the Office of Office of Congressional Affairs. The Office of Public Engagement shall acquire the Director of Oval Office Operations. The Office of Management and Budget shall acquire the Office of Presidential Personnel. The Office of Science and Technology shall acquire the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy.

In addition, the following agencies, boards, commissions, etc. can be privatized: African Development Foundation, AMTRAK (National Railroad Passenger Corporation), Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, Broadcasting Board of Governors (International Broadcasting Bureau, a.k.a. Radio & TV Marti, a.k.a. U.S. Agency for Global Media), Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Inter-American Foundation, James Madison

Memorial Fellowship Foundation, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Morris K. Udall & Stewart L. Udall Foundation (Udall Foundation, Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Science Foundation, Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Peace Corps, Smithsonian Institution, Social Security Administration, Stennis Center for Public Service Leadership, Tennessee Valley Authority, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, United States Postal Service (and its monopoly on mail delivery to be eliminated), United States Agency for International Development, United States International Finance Development Corporation, United States Trade and Development Agency, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Such transfers will ensure improved organization and communication, while privatizing of various government agencies, boards, commissions, etc. will reduce the national debt.