Using my agency, The National Weather Service as an example (it is relatively small and would be easy to reorganize); I'd like to propose a plan to consolidate management functions within the government which will save money and make the government more efficient. There is so much management in between the people at the top who make overall decisions and the people in the field actually doing the work, that directives
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Using my agency, The National Weather Service as an example (it is relatively small and would be easy to reorganize); I'd like to propose a plan to consolidate management functions within the government which will save money and make the government more efficient. There is so much management in between the people at the top who make overall decisions and the people in the field actually doing the work, that directives are often changed, watered down, or otherwise interpreted differently between the various "branches, regions, divisions, commands" - type management structures thriving within the bureaucracy. It is actually causing problems. Too much management, not good. The NWS has 6 different "Regional Headquarters" divisions. Each one is a little management "empire" and they actually have their own operational divisions, engineering divisions, scientific divisions, etc. Then, there is a National Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. They have an operational division, a scientific division, an engineering division. The engineering division actually does little, and will not develop new systems unless they are asked to by the regions (yes here we hasve an agency where the headquarters awaits instruction from the regional headquarters). These regions could be eliminated overnight with a simple directive. Close the regions, move all the employees either up, down or out (RIF). I'm sure similar directives to the various agencies would trim it up. There was a postmaster in the 70's, Postmaster Frank. He came in and trimmed 55,000 middle managers from the postal system and made the postal system competitive overnight. And I would argue - much more effective and efficient.
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