President Obama announced yesterday an initiative to merge commerce-related departments of the federal government into one entity and to promote the Small Business Administration head to Cabinet member. Franchisor and franchisee advocates are generally positive about the move.
Using his executive authority, he took the first step in promoting the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Karen Mills, to White House Cabinet Secretary, alongside the Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, Defense and others. At the same time, the President is asking Congress to grant him the authority to merge at least six entities into a single department.
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