Obama Demands Agencies Cut Spending by 5 Percent in 2017 .The cuts should be aimed at ongoing efforts to reduce “fragmentation, overlap, and duplication.”

The National Journal reports:

Federal agencies will seek 5 percent in discretionary-spending cuts in their fiscal 2017 budget proposals compared with their fiscal 2016 requests, under an order from the Obama administration.

The cuts should be aimed at ongoing efforts to reduce "fragmentation, overlap, and duplication," Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan wrote in a memorandum to agency heads May 1. The call for the 5 percent government-wide cut comes after President Obama proposed spending levels 7 percent above sequestration in his fiscal 2016 blueprint. The cuts should focus on areas recommended by the Government Accountability Office, Donovan said.

They should not, however, come at the expense of Obama's priorities, including cross-agency goals, agency digital-service teams, and improved shared services. Donovan emphasized the "four key pillars" of the president's management agenda as areas in which agencies should invest: effectiveness, efficiency, economic growth, and the people and culture of the federal workforce.

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