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Start from scratch with the new trade organization

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When consolidating these 12 organizations, do NOT simply slap the silos together and hope everything will work out. Design the optimum agency and fit the personnel and duties to fit the goals. Make the top officials professional staff, not political appointees. Use the opportunity of the creation of a new agency to provide upward mobility career opportunities for proven professional staff from throughout the federal government, not political appointees. Provide opportunities for qualified private sector employees to become professional career staff. Allow displaced personnel to fast track into other available jobs in the government to reduce resistance to change. Provide adequate staffing, salaries, travel, computer support, training and professional development, and promotion opportunities so that this new agency attracts the best talent. Place oversight of the new agency under ONE Senate and ONE House committee to ensure adequate review and prevent budget squabbling like we've seen over the past decade.

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Submitted by Community Member 2 years ago

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  1. Community Member

    Building on your good comments above, start with a definition of what is the goal of the organization and make sure everything the new agency does explicitly supports that goal.

    For example, what is the measurable goal of "winning the future"?

    Is it something specific or political speak about improving competitiveness and leveling the playing field?

    Or is it that U.S. companies gain increased market share of foreign market imports?

    when you start with fuzzy goals, you end up with a fuzzy organization.

    2 years ago
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  2. Community Member

    I agree with both the idea and the comment, and would like to add this: involve client-facing staff from existing trade-oriented organisations in order to 1) enter the process with a clear understanding for what has been done and with what result, and 2) gain the perspective of people who are deal with our exporting businesses on a daily basis.

    2 years ago
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