[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 47 (Monday, November 27, 2000)]
[Pages 2917-2918]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2020 
Management Reform Plan

 November 20, 2000

     The Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2020 Management 
Reform Plan has changed the way that HUD does business for good. That's 
the verdict from a report issued today by the Public Strategies Group, a 
leader of the ``reinventing Government'' movement. The confirmed success 
of Secretary Cuomo's management reforms is

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great news for HUD, the administration, and most importantly, the 
millions of Americans served by HUD's programs.
     When we first took office, Al Gore and I promised the American 
people that we would improve the way our Government serves them. We had 
no greater challenge than HUD, which was mired in bureaucracy and which 
Congress had targeted for elimination. That was then, but this is now. 
Today, we have a Department that has turned itself around and, as this 
report clearly states, can serve as a role model for all Federal 
agencies.
     I want to congratulate Secretary Cuomo, his team at HUD, and all of 
the Department's 9,000 employees for this significant achievement. I 
have no doubt it will serve as a milestone in HUD's history and 
foreshadow the kind of service that the Department will offer the 
American people in the years to come.