The Future of Recruiting & HR

Anticipating the January 20, 2017 Arrival of the Trump Train

Some of this article is based upon a November 23, 2016 ERE Recruiting Intelligence article penned by Stephen Swirsky and Daniel Green entitled “What a Trump Presidency Means for Recruiting and HR.”

Based upon the value proposition of our colleagues in the PEO industry, I found the content in this article to be very timely and relevant as we witness the transition of power to a new administration and a new ideology.

At this point it is not known with any absolute certainty whether the rhetoric of the 2016 election campaign will translate into the era of governance. Swirsky & Green “attempt to explore some of the principle areas in federal law and regulations impacting the workplace likely to experience important changes under the Trump administration and trends that recruiting and HR professionals in the U.S. should be on the lookout for once President-elect Trump takes office and the new Congress convenes.”

The areas that Swirsky & Green focused on included the following categories:

New Leadership across Federal Agencies of the Executive Branch
The United States Supreme Court
Wage and Hour Law
Taxes and the Affordable Care Act
Immigration
Unions and the National Labor Relations Board
Anti-Discrimination Law

Most of us have a decent understanding on how government affects our lives for both the good and bad. For our businesses, many in recent years have become alarmed about the focus on the wedge and social justice issues rather than operating the government in an efficient and effective manner.

Although Swirsky & Green had several categories of topics as noted above, my focus is going to be on only the first topic which are the Federal agencies.

New Leadership Across Federal Agencies of the Executive Branch

Once President-elect Trump takes office, he will be responsible for making nearly 4,000 appointments across the Federal Agencies of the Executive Branch. Even without changing any rules or laws, a new administration has great influence on how these areas operate as a result of the appointments made and changing the law enforcement priorities, rules making, and the interpretations of the rules already in place.

However, there is a possibility that he may combine and/or eliminate a number of these agencies.

The Executive Branch is made up of the following:

The Executive Office of the President
- President-elect Donald Trump
- Vice-President elect Governor Mike Pence
United States Department of Agriculture
- Secretary of Agriculture: Open
United States Department of Commerce
- Secretary of Commerce Selection: Wilbur Ross
United States Department of Defense
- Secretary of Defense Selection: General James “Mad Dog” Mattis
United States Department of Education
- Secretary of Education Appointment: Betsy DeVos
United States Department of Energy
- Secretary of Energy Selection: Governor Rick Perry
United States Department of Health and Human Services
- Secretary of HHS Selection: Tom Price
United States Department of Homeland Security
- Secretary of Homeland Security Selection: General John Kelly
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Secretary of HUD Selection: Ben Carson
United States Department of the Interior
- Secretary of the Interior: Representative Ryan Zinke
United States Department of Justice
- Attorney General Selection: Jeff Sessions
United States Department of Labor
- Secretary of Labor Selection: Andrew Puzder
United States Department of State
- Secretary of State Selection: Rex Tillerson
United States Department of Transportation
- Secretary of Transportation Selection: Elaine Chao
United States Department of Treasury
- Secretary of the Treasury Selection: Steven Mnuchin
United States Department of Veteran Affairs
- Secretary of Veteran Affairs
Independent Agencies and Government Corporations

Except for the Department of Education, there has been no discussion of any changes to the major departments whose Secretaries make up the President’s cabinet. However, few people are aware of the depth and breadth of the huge number of Independent agencies and government corporations that are intertwined in a morass of the bloated government bureaucracy. These agencies are filled with politicized staff that, at times, justify their existence by ginning out new rules at a torrential pace to justify their existence.

To create an awareness, I have decided to list a large, but not necessarily complete list of these agencies.

Let’s Pretend that You are the Incoming President

It is January 20, 2017 and you have just been sworn in by Chief Justice Roberts and you are on the way to the White House to sign a stack of orders to rescind the executive orders of the previous administration. After an hour, you finish the first stack of items to begin your first 100 days. The inaugural balls are tonight and you are looking forward to attending several of the events.

As you sit in the Oval office with some brief quiet time, you ask Reince Priebus to bring you a list of the Federal Agencies in which appointments will need to be filled. After looking at the list you begin to think, we have an opportunity to downsize the size of federal government and this looks like an excellent place to begin.

You ask Reince to have your senior advisors prepare a list of Federal Agencies and Corporations that should be considered for overhaul or termination.
The list is as follows:

- Elections
  - Election Assistance Commission
  - Federal Election Commission

- Administrative Agencies
  - Administrative Conference of the United States
  - National Archives and Records Administration

- Civil Service Agencies
  - Merit Systems Protection Board
  - Office of Government Ethics
  - Office of Personnel Management
  - Office of Special Counsel
  - Office of Compliance

- Commerce Regulatory Agencies
  - Federal Trade Commission
  - Consumer Product Safety Commission
  - Federal Housing Finance Agency
  - Federal Housing Finance Board
  - U.S. Trade and Development Agency
  - U.S. international Trade Commission

- Government Commissions and Committees and Consortium
  - National Fire Information Council
  - National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women
  - Council on the Inspectors General Integrity & Efficiency
  - Commission on International Religious Freedom
  - Veterans Day National Committee
  - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
  - Advisory Committee on Problems in Foreign relations
  - Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
  - Social Security Advisory Board
  - Northwest Power Planning Council
  - Northwest Power and Conservation Council
  - Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council
  - National Indian Gaming Commission
  - Marine Mammal Commission
  - Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
  - Migratory Birds Conservation Commission
  - National BiPartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare
  - Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
  - Federal Library and Information Center Committee
  - Japan-United States Friendship Commission
  - Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Commission
  - Commission of Security and Cooperation in Europe
  - Federal Interagency Committee on Education
  - Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
  - Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
  - Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds
  - Federal Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
  - Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
  - Interagency Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Group
  - Interagency Council on the Homelessness

- Education and Broadcasting Agencies
  - Stennis Center for Public Service
  - Corporation for Public Broadcasting
    - PBS
    - NPR
    - ABC
  - Helen Keller National Center
  - Institute of Museum and Library Services
  - Broadcasting Board of Governors
    - Voice of America
    - Radio Free Europe
    - Radio y Television marti
    - Radio free Asia
    - Middle Eastern Broadcasting Networks
    - International Broadcasting Bureau
  - National Constitution Center
  - National Endowment for the Arts
  - National Endowment for the Humanities
  - Barry M Goldwater Scholarship in Excellence and Education Program
  - James Madison Memorial Foundation Fund
  - Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation
  - Morris K Udall and Stuart L Udall Foundation
  - Vietnam Education Foundation

- Energy & Science Agencies
  - National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA)
  - National Science Board
  - United States Artic Program
  - Nuclear regulatory Commission (NRC)
  - Office of the Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects
  - Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

- Foreign Investment Agencies
  - African Development Foundation
  - Export-Import Bank of the United States
  - Inter-American Foundation
  - Overseas Private Investment Corporation

- Interior Agencies
  - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
  - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  - Presidio Trust
  - Appalachian Regional Commission
  - Denali Commission
  - American Battle Monuments Commission
  - Artic Research Commission
  - Delaware River Basin Commission
  - Susquehanna River Basin Commission

- Labor Agencies
  - Federal Labor Relations Authority
  - Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
  - Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
  - National Labor Relations Board
  - National Mediation Board
  - Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
  - Chemical Safety Board

- Monetary and Financial Agencies
  - Commodity & Futures Trading Commission
  - Farm Credit Administration
  - Federal Reserve System
  - Dederal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  - National Credit Union Administration
  - Securities & Exchange Commission
  - Securities Investor Protection Corporation
  - Small Business Administration (SBA)

- Postal Agencies
  - Military Postal Service Agency
  - Postal Regulatory Commission
  - Office of Postal Services

- Retirement Agencies
  - Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
  - Railroad Retirement Board
  - Social Security Administration (SSA)

- Federal Property & Seat of Government Agencies
  - Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
  - General Services Administration
  - National Capital Planning Commission
  - Commission of Fine Arts

- Transportation Agencies
  - Amtrak
  - Federal Maritime Commission
  - National Transportation Safety Board

- Helperrism Agencies
  - Corporation for National and Community Service
    - Americorps
    - Senior Corps
    - Learn & Serve America
    - National Civilian Community Corps
    - Volunteers in Service to America
    - USA Freedom Corps
    - Presidential Freedom Scholarship Program
    - President’s Volunteer Service Award
  - Peace Corp

- Defense & Security Agencies
  - Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  - Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
  - Domestic Intelligence Agency (DIA)
  - Other Nation Intelligence Agency
  - Office of the Director of National Intelligence
  - Selective Service System (SSS)

- Civil Rights Agencies
  - Commission on Civil Rights
  - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  - National Council on Disability
- Other Agencies & Corporations
  - Digital Opportunity Investment Trust

- Joint Programs & Interagency Agencies
  - Joint Fire Science Program
  - National Interagency Fire Center

- Arts & Cultural Agencies
  - John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
  - National Trust for Historic Preservation
  - National Building museum
  - Smithsonian Institution
  - Washington National Cathedral Foundation

- Museum Agency
  - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

- Commerce & Technology Agencies
  - Brand USA
  - North American Reliability Corporation
  - In-Q-Tel
  - Internet Corporation for Assigned names and Numbers
  - Municipal Securities Rule-making Board
  - National Futures Association
  - Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
  - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
  - United States Enrichment Corporation
  - The Appraisal Foundation

- Defense and Diplomacy Agencies
  - American Institute in Taiwan
  - Millennium Challenge Corporation
  - National Endowment for Democracy
  - United States Institute of Peace

- Educational Agencies
  - Graduate School USA

- Human service and community development Agencies
  - National Industries for the Blind
  - Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
  - Access Board
  - Ability One Commission

- Interior Agencies
  - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
  - National Park Foundation

- Law & Justice Agencies
  - Legal Services Corporation
  - State Justice Institute

That night you have an excellent time at the inaugural events and the next day officially begins your first 100 days. Mr. (or Madam) President, once your advisors return their list of recommendations on combining or eliminating agencies and your decision is made, please have your staff copy me on the list of Agencies that you eliminate by consolidation or elimination at dan@mchenryconsulting.net. For the surviving agencies, we will recruit and make staff changes for those that will support and execute your Agenda.

Afterword: If I receive enough responses, I will publish in a subsequent newsletter those agencies most chosen to be eliminated. Please show me how you would: Make Government Great Again!

Sources:

Note: Most of this article was taken directly and is exact content from the content of the following links.
https://www.eremedia.com/ere/what-a-trump-presidency-means-for-recruiting-and-hr-professionals/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_agencies_in_the_United_States

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