President Trump is taking charge of his administration's effort to reform the federal government and workforce, the biggest demonstration yet that Washington is under new management.
"So much of the ability to drive change requires a fresh perspective," said Margaret Weichert, an author of the recently announced reform blueprint and deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget.
"It's frequently why I, as a management consultant, was brought into an organization to consult on issues like this because fresh eyes and people who don't have a stake in the status quo very often can see things differently than the people who are of that organization or institution. And that was a major theme in the last election, that people were effectively hiring a businessman to try to change business as usual in Washington," she said in an interview.
Trimming and reeducating the workforce, combining federal agencies and eliminating overlapping services won't be easy and Trump's team are bracing for a bruising fight with bureaucrats, federal employee unions and lawmakers.
One business practice used in drawing up the reform plan was keeping the proposals broad and welcoming outside ideas, she said.
Another tactic is selling it, and that means describing how poorly the current federal structure works.
Legislation has already been introduced to begin making Trump's reforms, headlined by a plan to revamp the federal workforce, reform IT and add automation, and combine the Education and Labor departments so that schools can focus more on filling the nation's skills gap like some European school systems do.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/under-new-management-trumps-fresh-eyes-sparks-massive-federal-reform
"So much of the ability to drive change requires a fresh perspective," said Margaret Weichert, an author of the recently announced reform blueprint and deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget.
"It's frequently why I, as a management consultant, was brought into an organization to consult on issues like this because fresh eyes and people who don't have a stake in the status quo very often can see things differently than the people who are of that organization or institution. And that was a major theme in the last election, that people were effectively hiring a businessman to try to change business as usual in Washington," she said in an interview.
Trimming and reeducating the workforce, combining federal agencies and eliminating overlapping services won't be easy and Trump's team are bracing for a bruising fight with bureaucrats, federal employee unions and lawmakers.
One business practice used in drawing up the reform plan was keeping the proposals broad and welcoming outside ideas, she said.
Another tactic is selling it, and that means describing how poorly the current federal structure works.
Legislation has already been introduced to begin making Trump's reforms, headlined by a plan to revamp the federal workforce, reform IT and add automation, and combine the Education and Labor departments so that schools can focus more on filling the nation's skills gap like some European school systems do.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/under-new-management-trumps-fresh-eyes-sparks-massive-federal-reform
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