Restructuring State government by the consolidation of the Department of the Environment into the Department of Natural Resources; abolishing the Department of the Environment by June 30, 2012; abolishing the positions of Secretary of the Environment and Deputy Secretary of the Environment by July 1, 2012; transferring all of the functions, powers, duties, equipment, assets, and liabilities of the Department of the Environment to the Department of Natural Resources; etc.
From what I collected from reading the text of the bill, two agencies who are currently doing the same job are being consolidated into one entity, although no one immediately loses their job.
If there were a provision that the combined staff could be cut by, say 40 to 50%, thereby saving the taxpayer a LOT of money, then let's do it.
On the other hand, if this idea will require yet another layer of government employees to "oversee" and "study" and then melt in to the existing already bloated employee numbers in the newly combined department, then it must be a no-go.
From what I collected from reading the text of the bill, two agencies who are currently doing the same job are being consolidated into one entity, although no one immediately loses their job.
ReplyDeleteIf there were a provision that the combined staff could be cut by, say 40 to 50%, thereby saving the taxpayer a LOT of money, then let's do it.
On the other hand, if this idea will require yet another layer of government employees to "oversee" and "study" and then melt in to the existing already bloated employee numbers in the newly combined department, then it must be a no-go.
This must be made clear up front, though.