June 22, 2018 – Yesterday, the White House proposed an ambitious plan for reorganizing many agencies the federal government along functional lines, parts of which have been proposed in the past by Administrations of both parties and much of which makes a lot of sense. But the proposal was largely lost in the media maelstrom of the week, and fundamental reorganization of the government has become next to impossible unless there is a clear political-media laser-like focus on a specific area of reform, which seems to be lacking here.