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Official says USDA departures ‘wonderful’ way to drain the swamp
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said that the departures resulting from a planned USDA research agency relocation gets rid of employees when they can't be fired.
By Jessie Bur
Consumer financial watchdog abandons name change plan
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will no longer pursue renaming itself the "Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection," a change that had been sought by Mick Mulvaney, President Trump's acting director of the bureau.
How Trump’s new chief of staff can impact the FY20 defense plan
Mick Mulvaney, a budget hawk, will now have greater access to President Donald Trump.
By Aaron Mehta
Trump picks Mulvaney to be next chief of staff
President Donald Trump tweeted that budget director Mick Mulvaney "will be named Acting White House Chief of Staff, replacing General John Kelly, who has served our Country with distinction."
US defense industry pushes back on White House’s proposed $33B budget cut
"The shortfalls of the last decade cannot be erased in the space of two years," AIA warns Congress and the president.
Nation’s top student loan official resigns
This is the latest high-level departure from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump's budget director who has been also acting director of the bureau, took over in late November.
An ending to the contentious consumer protection director battle?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau experienced a dramatic leadership shakeup as two officials attempted to claim ownership of the acting director post.
By Jessie Bur
Group that advises gov’t watchdog is disbanded, members say
Meetings of the Consumer Advisory Board have repeatedly been cancelled under acting Director Mick Mulvaney, who has steered the bureau in a more industry-friendly direction since taking charge late last year.
US lawmakers put war budget in the crosshairs
One House Democrat called the Pentagon's war budget a "slush fund" ahead of a House vote to eliminate it.
By Joe Gould
Public input on government reorg effort goes missing
The Office of Management and Budget stated in June 2017 that it had received over 100,000 public comments on its agency reorganization efforts, but a FOIA request of those comments returned zero records.
By Jessie Bur
OMB director eyes redistribution of federal pay
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said that the proposed FY19 pay cuts would serve as an avenue to balance overpaid entry-level workers and underpaid high-level workers.
By Jessie Bur