DOGE and Program Review and Assessment
Abstract: DOGE appears to be taking a short-term approach to change. Audits are rearward looking and point-in-time. While important, they will not systematically change the federal government. DOGE must be transparent and work with all stakeholders and other government agencies…
Educating Citizens versus Sheep, Part 3
Part 2 of this series looked at a preliminary assessment of the Department of Education (ED). Table 1 shows the mission and preliminary assessment of key tasks below. Nearly half of the key tasks related to ED programs. Yet there…
Politics, Politicians, and Accountability
There are currently 10 members of the House of Representatives, over 80. Eight are Democrats and two are Republicans. Historically, 64 were in Congress 40 years or longer. Most of these are/were Democrats as well. Five Senators are over…
Responsibility and Accountability Part 5: Voter Responsibility and Accountability
This is Part 5 of a series on accountability and responsibility. This part looks at the voters and to whom they are accountable. As the graphic from My Comic Shop shows, voters are accountable to themselves. But they are also…
Real Reform, Part 4: The Supreme Court and the Judiciary
The Supreme Court and the judiciary have operated outside of the Constitution since 1803, when the court decided on Marbury v Madison. In this case, the Chief Justice, John Marshall, asserted the court’s right to judicial review. Nothing in…
Real Reform, Part 3: The Bureaucratic Cat Burglar
The cat burglar creeps quietly into his target after doing extensive surveillance and steals the planned target. If the burglar does the job well, there is no evidence of a theft and it may not be detected for weeks…
Real Reform, Part 2: The Allosaurus in the Room
Source: mrwynd from Denver, USA/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0 “Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.” ― Frank Herbert This post picks up from Real Reform, Part1: Introduction. It addresses the Allosaurus in the room: Congress.…
Real Reform, Part 1 Introduction
In A New Contract With America, I included a bullet point about qualifications for congressional committee and subcommittee chairs: “Enact congressional policies to require minimum qualifications for committee and subcommittee chairperson positions. These qualifications will be like qualifications required…
