Washington — The White House on Thursday proposed merging the US labour and education departments into a single agency, as part of what senior officials described as the biggest federal government reform since the Great Depression. White House budget director Mick Mulvaney unveiled plans that would also break up the US Army Corps of Engineers and shuffle programmes such as food safety, food stamps and housing between other departments and agencies. Mulvaney said the White House could initiate some changes through executive action but acknowledged that much of the reorganisation would require congressional action. The proposal also calls for restructuring the US Postal Service and suggests significant changes that Congress previously rejected, including potential privatisation of both the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control services and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Trump administration proposal calls for privatising mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but ...
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