Ford continued merging departments and reorganizing the executive branch throughout 1973 to the extent that, by the end of the year, there were only three program cabinets (Development, Education and the Arts, and Consumer Protection and Regulation) and four additional departments (Human Resources, Justice, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, and Transportation).
Ο Φορντ συνέχισε να συγχωνεύει τμήματα και να αναδιοργανώνει τον εκτελεστικό κλάδο καθ'όλο το 1973 σε σημείο που, κατά το τέλος εκείνου του έτους, υπήρχαν μόνο τρεις προγραμματικές cabinets (Development, Education and the Arts, and Consumer Protection and Regulation) και τέσσερα τμήματα (Human Resources, Justice, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, and Transportation).