
Restructure Agencies
COTG advocates for bigger, but more efficient government that meets the average American citizen's needs.
Bridges Agency -
1. Combine all mental health services, nutritional assistance, medical care and housing assistance. Note: medical care referrals to appropriate agencies or services, not hands-on medical care.
2. Subagencies within - domestic/sexual abuse, veterans, children, disabled, elderly, refugees, suicide hotlines, etc.
3. Small "constituent services-type" section with liaisons for assistance in applying for benefits/services with other agencies.
4. Remove the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services from the Department of Homeland Security, rename it Pathways and relocate the new Pathways division into the Bridges Agency.
5. Do we include research grants on these topics within this agency or separate agency?
Ethics and Oversight Agency -
1. Office of Special Counsel
2. Inspectors Generals
3. Department of Justice Ethics Section
4. Training department for all agencies
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Agency -
1. Equal Employment Opportunity Agency
2. Department of Justice Civil Rights Section
3. Department of Education Civil Rights Section
4. All federal Civil Rights and Civil Liberties departments/sections leaving minimal behind at original agencies to coordinate
5. Training department for all agencies
Earned Benefits Agency -
1. Social Security Administration
2. Enhanced Financial Planning
3. Medicare/Medicaid
Worker Protection Administration -
1. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
2. Federal Labor Relations Authority
3. National Labor Relations Board
National Aeronautical and Atmospheric Agency -
1. Federal Aviation Administration
2. National Aeronautical and Space Administration
3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Federal Law Enforcement Agency -
1. Federal Bureau of Investigation
2. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
3. Department of Homeland Security and rename it Domestic Security
4. U.S. Marshals
5. Drug Enforcement Agency
6. U.S. Customs and Border Protection functions pertaining to border security and international travel only
7. Combine federal law enforcement training activities in separate division
Federal Financial Agency -
1. Internal Revenue Service
2. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
3. All U.S. Customs and Border Protection trade/taxes functions
4. Congressional Budget Office