The State Department is cutting “decades of bloat and bureaucracy” with the end of dozens of agency offices and more, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday.
“Today is that day. Under @potus’ leadership, in my direction, we are turning decades of bloat and bureaucracy at the State Department. These drastic changes will make our talented diplomats put America and Americans first,” Rubio officially said. release statement.
“In its current form, the sector is bloated, bureaucratic, and unable to carry out essential diplomatic envoys in this new era of essential diplomatic competition,” Rubio’s formal statement reads in part that the State Department’s footsteps have “unprecedented growth” with “unprecedented growth.” Meanwhile, Americans have seen “effective and inefficient diplomacy.”
“So today I am publishing a comprehensive reorganization plan that will take the department into the 21st century. This approach will strengthen the department from the department to the embassy,” the statement continued. exist. “
Free Press I explained it The reforms include the closure of 132 agency offices, bringing that number to 602 from 734 offices. Additionally, State Department secretaries are expected to submit plans to show how to cut their staff by 15%. Otherwise, some offices may be renamed or absorbed by existing offices, allowing them to streamline operations. One of the offices affected by these changes is the secretary of civil security, democracy and human rights, also known as the J office.
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As reported by the Free Press:
The J office shown in the document has been overhauled and renamed as the secretary of foreign aid and human rights secretaries. So the authorities plan to abolish the Global Criminal Justice Office, which was established in 1997 to advise on US policies related to genocide, war crimes, and other serious human rights violations.
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According to the documents, several functions of the Criminal Justice Department will be absorbed into the State Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.
The outlet also cited an anonymous US official who said Rubio is working with the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) Elon Musk based on this effort.
Currently in the Department of State stand 15 out of 22 As for federal agencies that generate taxpayer savings, according to the Doge agency efficiency leaderboard.
The Department of Justice was in its final spot at the time of this writing, while the Department of Health and Human Services was in first place. Overall, Doge has reported an overall savings of $160 billion so far.
