In his State of the Union Address in January 2011, President Obama noted, "We can not win the future with a government of the past."The president's statement and his call "to merge, consolidate, and reorganize federal government in a way that will...meet the callenges of the 21st centurey" seemed to catch somein the White House by surprise. Jeffrey Zients of theU.S. Office of Management and Budget and Lisa Brown of the White House staff were soon named to head the reorganization effort.