Title: How Many Federal Agencies Exist? We Can't Drain The Swamp Until We Know
Headings: How Many Federal Agencies Exist? We Can't Drain The Swamp Until We Know
Aug 14, 2019,07:55am EDT
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How Many Federal Agencies Exist? We Can't Drain The Swamp Until We Know
How Many Federal Agencies Exist?

Content: No one can even say with certainty anymore how many federal agencies exist; yet they make most of the law now rather than our elected Congress. And their drive to protect turf is quite high. That's something worth remembering as the Donald Trump administration proceeds with its " Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch ," set to be incorporated into the upcoming fiscal year 2019 federal budget proposal. Part of the swamp-draining infrastructure. Photo by the author. author 2016
For example, there's a twice-yearly publication called the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The Agenda compiles agency regulatory plans and actions in the federal pipeline, and it listed 61 agencies in the Fall 2016 edition. That count can vary slightly from report to report. But as we'll see, its tally is on the low side.