Flood Office of the Secretary with politicals and put appointees in CFO/ASA budget channels
Mandate says fully staff OS with political appointees on day one, return bureau detailees, restore direct funding and more political slots, and install political leadership at CFO/ASA so career staff are not sole communicators with OMB and Hill—monitoring funds down to operating divisions.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 21 (Commerce) — Office of the Secretary: fully staff OS with political appointees, send existing detailees back to home bureaus on Day One; fight to restore direct funding and additional political appointee positions; immediately install political leadership at CFO and Assistant Secretary for Administration to communicate with OMB/Capitol Hill alongside career staff and monitor internal CFO operations so funds are not diverted from Administration priorities.
Undo plan
1) Restore career budget/appropriations expertise as primary technical channel with OMB/Hill.
2) Cap political detailee displacement that hollows bureau capacity.
3) Reinstate apportionment/ethics rules against diverting funds for political messaging.
4) Codify Inspector General review of political interference in financial management.
5) Verify: published org charts and PAS/non-career headcounts vs statutory ceilings.