The Hoover Commission, officially named the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, was a body appointed by President Harry S. Truman in 1947 to recommend administrative changes in the Federal Government of the United States. It took its nickname from former President Herbert Hoover, who was appointed by Truman to chair it. Truman used the Reorganization Act of 1949 to implement the recommendations of the Hoover Commission.

Significance:

• Focused on Efficiency and Economy: The commission’s primary goal was to identify ways to reduce waste, fraud, and inefficiency within the government, while also improving its overall effectiveness.
• Comprised 19 reports and 273 recommendations
• 116 of the recommendations were fully implemented and that another 80 were mostly or partly implemented
• A second Hoover Commission was created by Congress in 1953 during the administration of President Eisenhower.