One of the old standbys of government bureaucracy is this: you elevate the issue/area which is important (to you) by asking that the big boss assign it to someone who reports to her. Or, if you're Congress or the President, you direct that the issue/area be given a lofty title and moved up the bureaucratic ladder.
Does this work? I'm cynical. I think the result is mostly pro forma, just resulting in multiplying the number of titles and the amount of bureaucracy. In real life any manager has only a certain number of hours in her day and she's going to spend her energies on the important issues and talk with the people in charge of those important issues. Usually that means that things like administration, finance, technology, open government, HR, don't get much attention, at least until they make a noise in the Washington Post, on Fox, or on Twitter.
(The title is taken from something I saw on line--perhaps dealing with declassification or FOIA, but it applies to many areas.)
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