平行革相、マスク氏参考に行政効率化　「秋のレビュー」スタート

　有識者が政府事業の効果を検証する「秋の行政レビュー」が１４日午前、東京都内で２日間の日程で始まった。平将明・行政改革担当相は冒頭、米国のトランプ次期政権で実業家イーロン・マスク氏が行政効率化と歳出削減を図る新組織のトップに起用されることに言及。「かなりドラスチックな展開が予想される。しっかりフォローし、日本の行政改革に取り入れたい」と述べ、参考にする意向を示した。
　平氏は日本の現状に関し「現在の財政状況を踏まえれば、限られた資源を有効に活用することが急務だ。国民の利便性の向上と行政の効率化を一体的に進める必要がある」と訴えた。（2024/11/14-10:50）

Japanese administrative reform minister Masaaki Taira expressed willingness Thursday to adopt steps U.S. business mogul Elon Musk would take to boost government efficiency after Donald Trump returns to the White House.
   Musk, named by the U.S. president-elect to head a new Department of Government Efficiency, is expected to take "a pretty drastic approach" to cutting government spending, Taira said at the outset of a two-day autumn review session for national programs.
   "We will closely follow the approach and incorporate it into our administrative reform efforts," he noted.
   Taira also said the government's current fiscal health makes it urgently necessary to efficiently use limited resources. "We should improve convenience for citizens and improve administrative efficiency in an integrated way," he stressed.
   The review covers nine programs, including the education ministry's scholarships for foreign students and the Reconstruction Agency's subsidies for revitalizing areas in Fukushima Prefecture hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and triple meltdown at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.