Depends how they structure and fund it. Especially how they fund it. It wouldn't be the first time the same government had separate agencies responsible for administering nearly identical programs for separate constituencies -- for instance, look at CalPERS and CalSTRS in California -- they both operate retirement programs for public servants, but they have separate budgets, authorities, governing law, staffs, resources and decisions. They often decide to work together on things, but there is no guarantee that they will make identical or even consistent decisions on a particular issue.
I imagine no matter what the feds do, they'll have to hire a whole lot more government employees to staff the new program, or to replace the government employees who leave other federal programs to staff the new program. All part of the shuffle... *grins*
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Date: 2009-08-30 02:57 pm (UTC)I imagine no matter what the feds do, they'll have to hire a whole lot more government employees to staff the new program, or to replace the government employees who leave other federal programs to staff the new program. All part of the shuffle... *grins*