White House Proposes Executive Branch Reorganization

The White House today announced an interesting proposal to reorganize a number of federal agencies to better meet the economic and business needs of the nation and improve efficiency. The proposal would merge a number of commerce and trade agencies including the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investments and the Trade and Development Agency. The proposal would also move NOAA to the Dept. of Interior. In the public discussion that is sure to follow, it will be interesting for Geographers and GIS folk to think and talk about the possible changes, impacts, improvements to Geospatial related efforts that could be brought about with this reform.

Read more at The White House Blog.