the unchecked policymakers...

[nittanyalum]

THIS is what I'm talking about: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111802730.html?nav%3Dhcmoduletmv&sub=new

I know this administration is not the first or only one to do it, but the maneuvering and manipulation at the agency level just drives me crazy.

[KSigkid]

So, it appears that the President-Elect is bringing people from the Clinton administration aboard. Does that lessen your confidence at all of a "shake-up," because these people were part of a previous administration?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

THIS is what I'm talking about: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111802730.html?nav%3Dhcmoduletmv&sub=new

I know this administration is not the first or only one to do it, but the maneuvering and manipulation at the agency level just drives me crazy.

Does it seem odd that they mention that the transfers have longed been tracked but then only give data for the Bush administration? Wouldn't it be helpful to know how many positions have been similarly converted at the end of other presidential terms for a basis of comparison?

It just seems strange not to offer the data.

ETA: this article from the day before offers some data from Clinton:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...?tid=informbox
47 transfers in the last year including seven at the senior executive level.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Does it seem odd that they mention that the transfers have longed been tracked but then only give data for the Bush administration? Wouldn't it be helpful to know how many positions have been similarly converted at the end of other presidential terms for a basis of comparison?

For real comparison, we'll have to wait until January. The Bush Administration has two more months to go.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

For real comparison, we'll have to wait until January. The Bush Administration has two more months to go.

Yeah, but it doesn't seem wildly off to me so far. If you read about the whole process, it's not as if the shift is entirely up to him. There's a whole application process apparently.

I agree that the bureaucracy is a problem, but it's not just Bush's bureaucracy that bothers me.