https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-health-and-human-services-official-has-resigned-in-disgust-from-his-job-monitoring-research-misconduct-because-of-his-frustration-with-the-federal-bureaucracy/ Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:13:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-health-and-human-services-official-has-resigned-in-disgust-from-his-job-monitoring-research-misconduct-because-of-his-frustration-with-the-federal-bureaucracy/#comment-160999 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:13:10 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=27781#comment-160999 I recently completed an online course titled “introduction to homeland security” because the local community college is offering certificates in homeland and maritime security. (Textbook; Introduction to Homeland Security by Bullock, Haddow, and Coppola) These courses would have a tie-in with my current job. The introductory course explored the history and general structure of this incredibly large and complicated bureaucracy. Before I started this course, I thought that I had a general knowledge of this department’s mission. Needless to say, I was shocked at the scope and reach of this newest branch of the federal government. It is intimately involved with every part of modern society. It has had so many reorganizations and reformations that its hard to keep track of it all. I rather doubt that anyone, especially the previous secretary (Janet Napolitano) has a complete knowledge of its many facets today. The duplication of functions exposed by this general overview course throughout this organization indicates massive opportunities for waste and abuse. I can imagine that HHS is as complex and impenetrable as DHS, and I can understand the frustration of David Wright.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-health-and-human-services-official-has-resigned-in-disgust-from-his-job-monitoring-research-misconduct-because-of-his-frustration-with-the-federal-bureaucracy/#comment-160515 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 22:25:32 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=27781#comment-160515 Gee, welcome to the world of government employees – state as well as federal! I began my career in IT with the State of NJ and left in disgust (politics, bureaucracy, idiocy, nepotism, etc…) after only one year, only to return twenty-five later after retiring from an exciting and fulfilling career in private industry. The second time I lasted five years; nothing had changed and I was embarrassed to associated with the clowns running the project on which I acted as a technical liaison. I am amazed that anything ever gets accomplished and that there is any measure of success in government endeavors.

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