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Top U.S. Scientific Misconduct Official Quits In Frustration With Bureaucracy

Posted by timothy on from the an-exit-interview-I'd-like-to-overhear dept.

sandbagger writes "The director of the U.S. government office that monitors scientific misconduct in biomedical research has resigned after 2 years out of frustration with the 'remarkably dysfunctional' federal bureaucracy. Officials at the Office of Scientific Integrity spent 'exorbitant amounts of time' in meetings and generating data and reports to make their divisions look productive, David Wright writes. He huge amount of time he spent trying to get things done made much of his time at ORI 'the very worst job I have ever had.'"

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  1. not bad, DESIGNED to be fair, accountable not effi by raymorris · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's not the the government is BAD, mkay. It's that the government is purposely designed for a specific role, with specific goals. The government is supposed to forcefully take from you, and spend about a third of your income. The government is responsible for bombing the correct people. Due to government's role, it's designed for justice, fairness, accountability to the public, etc. It's not designed to be efficient and effective. The North Korea government gets shit done - Lil Kim gives an order and it's done. We don't WANT our government to operate that way.

    My company had North Korea style efficiency - when the founder and president made a decision, it was quickly carried out. In the US government, youneed ccongressional hearings in both houses of Congress before you make a decision. You also need to find out what the voters think. How about the AG and SCOTUS - are we even allowed to change the healthcare? There's a reason Hillary Care (aka Obamacare) took eight years while a corporation can change its health plan in a month, and that's as it should be. Good government is slow, deliberative government. Tyranny is fast and efficient.

    So no, government isn't bad. I'd rather have government courts than private courts, because I want deliberative, fair courts that take their time. I wouldn't want government email - I want my email to be fast and reliable, and I don't need to vote on the UI, I can always switch clients or providers if the UI is really bad.