Article 87. Possible Savings to the American Tax Payer During Trump Presidency

Newt Gingrich floated a possible savings from the elimination of Federal Government waste totaling $500 Billion.  I believe that this is within the realm of possibility but there is also just as much savings from implementation of Federal Government reforms: bringing the Federal Government under management control, simplifying the Tax Code and other areas and the elimination of government obsolete and duplicated activities.  I believe that a conservative estimate of $ 1 Trillion in savings during the Trump Presidency is possible.  Here is how this can be accomplished.

Reorganizing for the implementation of Reforms
I recommend that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) be the primary source of the Government reform effort.  Headed by the US Inspector General (a newly created office) reporting directly to the OMB.  All OIG Departmental organizations will report directly to the US Inspector General and the OMB.  The new OIG organization will establish an ongoing capability to review and maintain government efficiency. In addition to the Implementation of major Federal Government Reforms.

In addition to the above I recommend that the OIG establish a specialized Integrated Technology Team to review and prevent the $ millions of waste in Government Computer systems.  Currently the US government has no oversight organization capable of preventing the enormous boondoggles found in the development of IT systems.

Recommended Change in The funding of Federal Government Activities
The funding of Bills passed by Congress in addition to present reviews will be deemed as First Year Start-up Funding. This is to be followed by a review by the proper OIG Analysis Team which will determine the Operational Funding for year to year budgets.  This insures that all funding by the Federal Government is brought under management control.

Implementation of Reform Models
1. Simplify Government
It is usually better to simplify government before trying to reform it.  Some Governmental Activities, determined to be unnecessary, can be eliminated immediately with their budgets but usually simplifying government is not a simple matter. This is where you get rid unnecessary government activities and Red Tape.

Using The Consolidation Model by Lawrence Rosier
A Comparison of Duplicated Services is done by OIG Analysts to determine their associated cost data.   Outcomes are compared with other duplicated Functions from all the organizations and are depicted in a matrix chart. Those duplicated services rejected for low efficiency will be declared as redundant and their budgets cut followed by reassignment or layoff of employees.  Those services with the highest efficiency will have their budgets kept in place or moved to the new final single location with employees given the opportunity to move to the final service group providing the services.

2. Implement the General Reform Model
The United States Inspector General (newly appointed) will have Oversight of the implementation of all reforms including the General Reform Model.  The General Reform Model uses employee Enterprise Lean Teams to get the highest efficiency and effectiveness possible.  We will use the data developed by Departmental Lean Teams to Right-Size the selected Department.  The Lean Team data will be used by specially trained OIG Analysts to develop bottoms-up budgets which identify the actual costs of all systems and functions (draining the swamp).  This is also the data needed to manage the organization’s work load and in the determination of the level of staffing needed to meet standards. Lean teams provide the opportunity for continuous improvement of government operations including the elimination of red tape.

3. Organizational Reform
In the final step of the General Reform Model, the Reform Consultant will begin the process of organizational reform by replacing the Bureaucratic organization with a Team Management organization with top management managing the Agency’s activities through Group Teams with each managing several Functional Teams.  The Lean Teams at the Functional level will become self managed Functional Teams with each of their elected leaders reporting directly to a Group Managed team.  Group Managed Teams will assume their management role from the pre-organized high level Lean Teams.  There is some flexibility in how this process actually occurs but it is necessary in order to eliminate the problems caused by the Bureaucratic organization.  The important advantage in changing from a Bureaucratic organization to a Team Managed organization is that the savings continues annually for years from continuous improvement without a return to the old bureaucratic growth practices and toxic Bureaucratic management practices targeting whistle Blowers.

The Bureaucratic organization is Top heavy with management which makes most the decisions for the organization.  The Team Management organization has the minimum required top level management allowing decisions to be made at the most appropriate level down in the organization.  Layers of redundant largely incompetent bureaucratic management can be removed from the organization.

Even more Savings Can be Obtained from Government Suppliers and Contractors
I recommend that government suppliers and contractors be required to implement company wide efficiency through the establishment of internal Company Corporate Audit Teams to monitor company wide staffing (similar to the Federal Government‘s OIG).  I also recommend that suppliers and contractors establish Enterprise Lean Teams for continuous improvement. 

These changes will likely need Congressional approval and should be accomplished early in the first 100 days of the Trump presidency.  The complete reform of the federal government will take years but reduced budgets should start appearing in the first year.