Lawmaker Pushes for OMB to Release Agency Downsizing Plans Now

Government Executive: A House overseer has renewed calls for the White House to release agencies’ plans to downsize and reorganize, which were due last September to the Office of Management and Budget but have been kept private as “deliberative” documents.

In a letter Friday, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, argued that the reorganization plans are final and are already being implemented. He asked OMB Director Mick Mulvaney to reverse his decision to classify the plans as “deliberative” in light of the fact that the White House’s fiscal 2019 budget proposal was completed and released last month.

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