 Ford drew praise for his attention to the mundane task of improving the efficiency and organization of executive departments , creating several " super cabinets " under which many departments were consolidated . During the 1972 legislative session , he created the Department of Finance and Administration , combining the functions of the Kentucky Program Development Office and the Department of Finance . Constitutional limits sometimes prevented him from combining like functions , but Ford made the reorganization a top priority and realized some savings to the state . 
