Myrtle Beach, SC The second half of this question contains an assumption that is wrong, and it is wrong in a way that matters for the whole file. The premise is that the civil service could shrink itself and has declined to. It could not. A career official at Health and Human Services cannot abolish … Continue reading Should an unelected outside executive be given a named role in shrinking the federal establishment, or does that arrangement concede that the civil service will not reform itself?
Weekly Correspondents’ Forum 2024
After the 2024 election, is a “Department of Government Efficiency” best understood as a serious attempt to build a permanent cost-control function, or as a campaign brand looking for a building?
Gastonia, NC The question asks whether this will be a permanent function or a brand looking for a building. Both halves have already been answered, in writing, by the people who created it, and almost nobody has read the announcement. The statement on the twelfth says DOGE will provide advice and guidance from outside of … Continue reading After the 2024 election, is a “Department of Government Efficiency” best understood as a serious attempt to build a permanent cost-control function, or as a campaign brand looking for a building?
