Read more bureaucratic blunders stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26142/bureaucratic-blunders.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:49:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/56028/foreclosures-draw-eager-buyers-but-banks-drag-feet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBargain hunters are turning to foreclosed homes for deals, but many are finding that buying repossessed properties from banks is a bureaucratic nightmare, the Washington Post reports. Though the housing market cannot stabilize until the unprecedented volume of foreclosures is sold off, banks are sluggish to act and fraught with...http://www.newser.com/story/56028/foreclosures-draw-eager-buyers-but-banks-drag-feet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Apr 2009 8:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33080/federal-alcohol-labeling-rules-dont-go-down-easy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEnergy drink makers can give their products names like Cocaine and Speed Freak, and it's fine for a perfume to be called Opium. But when a California microbrewer from the tiny town of Weed submitted an application for a new beer to the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade...http://www.newser.com/story/33080/federal-alcohol-labeling-rules-dont-go-down-easy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Jul 2008 2:05:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29316/nuke-blunder-last-straw-for-booted-air-force-brass.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Secretary of the Air Force and the service's chief of staff were forced to resign today on the heels of a report highly critical of the handling of nuclear weapons and technology, the Air Force Times reports.http://www.newser.com/story/29316/nuke-blunder-last-straw-for-booted-air-force-brass.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Jun 2008 15:30:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23342/census-bureau-downgrades-back-to-paper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 2010 US census was meant to be a high-tech affair, NextGov.com reports, but the Census Bureau today ditched plans to use hand-held computers. The agency will return to plain old paper after "a lack of effective communication" derailed efforts by Harris Corp. to come up with devices to...http://www.newser.com/story/23342/census-bureau-downgrades-back-to-paper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Apr 2008 18:56:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21828/audit-slams-fbi-over-terror-watch-list.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FBI provides inaccurate information about suspects on the nation's terror watch list, leaving innocent people on it too long and failing to provide timely updates about those who pose genuine threats, a Justice Department audit shows. The FBI says it will fix the problems within 6 months, the AP...http://www.newser.com/story/21828/audit-slams-fbi-over-terror-watch-list.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Mar 2008 6:03:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21402/southwest-grounds-44-planes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouthwest Airlines grounded 44 planes today after having admitted to flying aircraft that were past due for inspections for structural cracks, the AP reports. The FAA fined Southwest $10.2 million—the largest ever levied on an airline—but the agency itself is under fire for not grounding the jets...http://www.newser.com/story/21402/southwest-grounds-44-planes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Mar 2008 14:15:00 CDT