Inside the mind of a bureaucrat
Posted at 6:39pm on Jun. 10, 2008 One Reason I Still Like W
By Vladimir
Here's an interesting memo from Chief of Staff Josh Bolton to the Heads of all the Executive Departments and Agencies. The meat of it is:
"Except in extraordinary circumstances regulations to be finalized in this Adminstration should be proposed no later than June 1, 2008 and final regulations should be issued no later than November 1, 2008."
Conservatives should rejoice. Bureaucrats have historically looked forward to the waning moments of a lame duck presidency to slip through all the bureaucratic muck they have accumulated during the President's term, and for whatever reason has not been pushed forward. With an impending deadline, a lot of stuff slips through with little scrutiny.
After all, it is their government.
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