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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	And
	Date:	2/27/2011 7:54:19 AM

I have no doubt that there is a sub-set of Congressman that want to reduce the size of government. I think they may have some success around the margins, but I don't think they will ultimately be successful. And I'm a person who actually believes the government could be streamlined and reduced.
In any given department, there are way too many layers, approval levels and too much duplication of efforts. And some of the processes are just pendantic, and serve no useful purpose. Even the computer systems within a Department are not compatible, which wastes a lot of communication time.

And in Washington, Congress is as much a part of the problem as it is a part of the solution. Once Congress gets interested in any issue, it takes weeks and weeks of effort to prepare testimony, respond to multiple inquiries (yes, when one Congressman gets interested in an issue, you can be sure at least 3 others will too). It can take on a life of it's own, because there is no such thing as a simple answer. And half the time, there is no issue at all, other than their lack of understanding about an issue or a process. So while people are working on the response to Congress, the work has to continue to be done. After the ports issue, we had to add 6 people to work on Committee to Foreign Investments in the US issues, which had formerly been handled by 2 people. And Congress seems to feel that every issue needs to be approved by no less than the Department Head (i.e., SecDEF or one of the political levels)