{"id":10852,"date":"2019-10-25T19:01:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T19:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/25\/wh-criticizes-senate-failure-to-fund-opm-gsa-merger\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:19:18","slug":"wh-criticizes-senate-failure-to-fund-opm-gsa-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2019\/10\/25\/wh-criticizes-senate-failure-to-fund-opm-gsa-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"WH criticizes Senate \u2018failure\u2019 to fund OPM-GSA merger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate appropriators look poised to take a leaf out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/budget\/2019\/07\/11\/defense-budget-bill-could-carry-changes-for-feds\/\" target=_blank>House\u2019s budget playbook<\/a> in actively deciding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/budget\/2019\/09\/19\/senate-budget-offers-feds-a-smaller-pay-raise-stops-reorg-plans\/\" target=_blank>not to provide funding<\/a> for a planned merging of the Office of Personnel Management and General Services Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shelby-mega-approps-10-23-19.pdf\" target=_blank>sent a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee<\/a> Oct. 23 to applaud budget decisions that the committee has made in line with Trump administration proposals and to critique provisions of the planned funding bills that contradict the Trump budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe bill fails to provide funding for GSA\u2019s Working Capital Fund to support the transition of OPM functions to GSA. The administration continues to stress the need for structural and organizational change at OPM. The status quo is unsustainable, and inaction would maintain an organizational construct that is ill-equipped to meet the needs of today\u2019s modern workforce,\u201d Vought said of the planned merger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe administration is pursuing this needed structural reform to better align resources with mission and create long-term stability, sustainability and increased operational excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision to dismantle OPM and split its functions among GSA, the Executive Office of the President and the Department of Defense has proven controversial, as opponents have said that the move would weaken employee protections and politicize the civil service, with lawmakers on both sides of the isle expressing doubts about the administration\u2019s rationale for the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OMB officials have argued that with the Department of Defense taking over the operation 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