Republicans could push agencies to declassify more information more quickly and draft legislation to compel the bureaucracy to release data in more usable formats.
And yet now, despite the court's ruling, providers, education experts and parents say the state is trying to push agencies like the Puerto Rican Action Board aside.
On Tuesday, Chu told the full committee that he was pushing agency officials to speed up the process and was reviewing candidates to lead the new agency, a position that requires Senate confirmation.
Some compared the current tensions to the distrust that marked relations with Vice President Dick Cheney before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, when he was widely seen as cherry-picking raw intelligence and pushing agency analysts to support his views.
As someone who worked on the federal budget, I pushed agencies for specificity: outcomes and spending plans were crucial in determining financing levels.
The incentive system has pushed agencies to monitor themselves for abuse problems and move children out of foster care into permanent homes as quickly as possible.
The directive pushes agencies to think proactively about how climate change could affect federal programs -- from the construction and maintenance of dams and levees to the flood insurance program.
Greene told the Guardian that the two victim advocates who reported to her, whom she hired, "are very good at what they do, but they are junior in their careers and they don't push the agency the way that I pushed the agency".
That caused Barnes & Noble to push for agency agreements with publishers, Apple said.
Despite the recent push, the agency had yet to charge a big Wall Street bank over a "manipulative devices" violation.
Any delay beyond this week will push the agency right up against the start of its seasonal rush.
