A Proposal Meant to Hamstring Agency Function

摘要

Reorganizing the Department of the Interior is a perennial project for new administrations, likely due to the department's size and reach. DOI manages over 400 million acres of land, employs over 70,000 people, and houses 11 separate bureaus that work on issues of almost unimaginable breadth, from protecting endangered species, to managing national parks, to leasing mineral resources, to overseeing 183 tribal schools.