Read more bureaucracy stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4290/bureaucracy.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:45:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73656/feds-lone-dog-mushing-job-opens-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLove dogs? Pristine Alaska wilderness? Then you’ll be pleased to learn that the lone federal dog-mushing job is open. The position at Denali National Park pays up to $66,542 (plus cost-of-living adjustment), but it’s not all easy sledding. The kennel manager is in charge of 31 dogs, and all...http://www.newser.com/story/73656/feds-lone-dog-mushing-job-opens-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 20:22:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68538/help-wanted-fed-govt-needs-600k-new-workers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe federal government must hire 600,000 people over the next 4 years to balance a wave of retirement and keep pace with President Obama’s ambitions, the Washington Post reports. Nearly half of those positions are considered absolutely essential for agencies to provide their services, a new report states, chiefly...http://www.newser.com/story/68538/help-wanted-fed-govt-needs-600k-new-workers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 11:30:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65531/dc-deficit-fixer-print-on-both-sides-of-paper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA short while ago, President Obama called on his Cabinet to make budget cuts in their departments totaling $100 million. They came up with $102 million, but some of the cuts were so obvious one wonders why it took a presidential edict to elicit them, the Wall Street Journal notes....http://www.newser.com/story/65531/dc-deficit-fixer-print-on-both-sides-of-paper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 10:12:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60046/little-left-for-fiancee-of-fallen-soldier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTo the US Army bureaucracy, love means little without a marriage certificate—so the fiancée of a man killed in Iraq was left with nothing other than what his family was willing to part with. Now, the Washington Post reports, Kyle Harper, 27, is trying to forge a path very...http://www.newser.com/story/60046/little-left-for-fiancee-of-fallen-soldier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 25 May 2009 13:32:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58609/ex-ceo-swift-boaters-lead-attack-on-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs leading Democrats prepare for a health care overhaul, the loudest opposition isn’t coming from GOP leaders—it’s coming from investor and former hospital CEO Rick Scott, with the help of the team that “Swift-boated” John Kerry, the Washington Post reports. Scott is spending $5 million of his own and...http://www.newser.com/story/58609/ex-ceo-swift-boaters-lead-attack-on-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 11 May 2009 7:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57654/for-bush-veterans-dc-jobs-are-scarce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer Bush administration staffers are feeling the economic pinch as acutely as other victims of the sagging economy, Politico reports. GOP job-seekers in Washington face a triple whammy of economic chaos, minority status on Capitol Hill, and an excess of qualified Republicans. “The Washington side is a bit of a...http://www.newser.com/story/57654/for-bush-veterans-dc-jobs-are-scarce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 9:15:02 CDThttp://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/53697/jargon-not-a-best-practice-brit-bureaucrats-told.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis recession requires the British government to drop its jargon and get consensually transparent, er, clear. A government agency frets that people are missing out on services because they don't understand bureaucratic lingo like the following phrases, per Reuters: Slippage: Why not just admit the delay? A menu of options...http://www.newser.com/story/53697/jargon-not-a-best-practice-brit-bureaucrats-told.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Mar 2009 15:46:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51144/clinton-the-campaigner-moves-to-state-for-good-or-ill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs Hillary Clinton takes over the State Department, it's worth remembering that her train-wreck presidential campaign followed an "audacious 2000 run for Senate" and an excellent record as a legislator, Michael Crowley writes for the New Republic. "The question—not only for Hillary's legacy but for US foreign policy—is...http://www.newser.com/story/51144/clinton-the-campaigner-moves-to-state-for-good-or-ill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 7:47:00 CST