And more than a few bureaucrats at the various departments are whining about it.
The move is no more than any efficient and capable corporate manager would do. Someone with diverse subsidiaries always has someone within the various entities to report back to them about that unit's following the general rules of the corporation. In this case, it's the president's way of making up for the fact that Democrats are doing everything possible to keep the administration setting up effective management teams.
The president is simply doing whatever he can to ensure the executive branch helps him keep his campaign promises – something the author of this piece clearly objects to.
This shadow government of political appointees with the title of senior White House adviser is embedded at every Cabinet agency, with offices in or just outside the secretary’s suite. The White House has installed at least 16 of the advisers at departments including Energy and Health and Human Services and at some smaller agencies such as NASA, according to records first obtained by ProPublica through a Freedom of Information Act request.
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The move is no more than any efficient and capable corporate manager would do. Someone with diverse subsidiaries always has someone within the various entities to report back to them about that unit's following the general rules of the corporation. In this case, it's the president's way of making up for the fact that Democrats are doing everything possible to keep the administration setting up effective management teams.
The president is simply doing whatever he can to ensure the executive branch helps him keep his campaign promises – something the author of this piece clearly objects to.
This shadow government of political appointees with the title of senior White House adviser is embedded at every Cabinet agency, with offices in or just outside the secretary’s suite. The White House has installed at least 16 of the advisers at departments including Energy and Health and Human Services and at some smaller agencies such as NASA, according to records first obtained by ProPublica through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Read the rest of this whiny but informative piece @ White House installs political aides at Cabinet agencies to be Trump’s eyes and ears
