Hoover Commission

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gptkbp:instanceOf United States government commission
gptkbp:annualReport 1949
gptkbp:chairman gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:establishedBy President Harry S. Truman
gptkbp:establishedIn 1947
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hoover Commission
gptkbp:influenced U.S. government reorganization in the 1950s
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Hoover_Commission
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Dean_Acheson
gptkb:Robert_L._Johnson
gptkb:John_J._McCloy
gptkb:Arthur_S._Flemming
gptkb:Carter_Manasco
gptkb:George_H._Mead
gptkb:James_E._Webb
gptkb:James_K._Vardaman_Jr.
gptkb:Joseph_P._Kennedy
gptkb:Representative_Carter_Manasco
gptkb:Representative_Clarence_J._Brown
gptkb:Senator_George_D._Aiken
gptkb:Senator_John_L._McClellan
gptkb:James_Forrestal
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 12
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Commission_on_Organization_of_the_Executive_Branch_of_the_Government
gptkbp:produced gptkb:Hoover_Commission_Report
gptkbp:purpose to recommend administrative changes to improve efficiency in the U.S. federal government
gptkbp:recommendation strengthening of the Executive Office of the President
creation of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
consolidation of government functions
elimination of overlapping agencies
improved budgeting and accounting
improvement of government efficiency
reduction of government expenditures
reorganization of federal agencies
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Second_Hoover_Commission
gptkbp:secondCommissionChairperson gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkbp:secondCommissionEstablishedBy gptkb:President_Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:secondCommissionFinalReportYear 1955
gptkbp:secondCommissionYear 1953
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Second_Hoover_Commission
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3