Issa calls for big changes to reduce costs

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Issa calls for big changes to reduce costs

We\'ve heard a lot about the pay freeze as a way of saving money. If done right, could restructuring functions within government and even closing some agencies...

Federal News Network Staff

November 30, 2010 10:42 am

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Big changes loom on the horizon for feds. Besides the proposed pay freeze, the new incoming Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has proposed his own deficit reduction ideas.

They include closing some agencies as an alternative to across-the-board cuts.

John Palguta, Vice President of Policy at the Partnership for Public Service, joins us with his insight on these issues and more.