Internal bureaucratic reshuffling bypasses the legislative hurdles of formal policy changes.
When blocked by Congress or slowed by standard notice-and-comment rulemaking, the executive branch accomplishes sweeping policy overhauls via interagency agreements and procedural directive modifications.
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The executive branch utilized sudden, unilateral grant cancellations to bypass established congressional funding expectations and state agreements.
The agency achieved a major policy reversal on demographic reporting by issuing 'additional instructions' to avoid standard public comment timelines.
It illustrates the executive branch's use of interagency agreements and the Economy Act to unilaterally shift massive sums of education funding without congressional approval.
The administration is using interagency reshuffling and personnel details to transition target programs and federal oversight to another department.