Growth in government bureaucracy accounts for almost 30% of ...

June 7, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to the ...

A Profile of the 2023 Federal Workforce

The federal government currently employs over 2 million people who deliver a wide range of essential services to the American public.

Trump versus the federal workforce, part two - Washington Examiner

Donald Trump gets another chance to downsize the federal bureaucracy and workforce.

Governments are bigger than ever. They are also more useless

Upon entering the White House in 2021, President Joe Biden promised to revitalise American infrastructure. In fact, spending on things like ...

Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators Dashboard - World Bank

These dashboards present data from the Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators (WWBI)- a new dataset on public sector employment and wages.

Chapter 15 – The Bureaucracy - American Government 3e

Public administration is both the implementation of public policy in government bureaucracies and the academic study that prepares civil servants for work in ...

Public Trust in Government: 1958-2024 | Pew Research Center

Public trust in government remains low, as it has for much of the 21st century. Roughly two-in-ten Americans say they trust the government ...

The True Size of Government | The Volcker Alliance

America has relied on a mix of federal, contract, and grant employees to faithfully execute the laws since its first breath of independence ...

5. Strengthening the Federal Workforce - The White House

According to data from OPM in. December 2020, the Federal civilian workforce self-iden- tified as 61.5 percent White; 18.4 percent Black, which is an increase ...

Political Appointees to the Federal Bureaucracy

The problem stems from the large number of appointed positions, many regularly vacant because of political dysfunction and others filled with unqualified ...

How the Trump era is changing the federal bureaucracy

An exodus of civil servants, a lack of political appointees and anticipation of budget cuts have contributed to a diminished federal ...

Opinion | Bureaucracy Run Amok in America? - The New York Times

David Brooks identifies a clear and growing burden on our society: the bureaucratization of American life.

A Warning About the Nation's Fiscal Health | U.S. GAO

The federal government is on an unsustainable long-term fiscal path that poses serious economic, national security, and social challenges if not addressed.

The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2023 to 2033

CBO projects a federal budget deficit of $1.4 trillion for 2023. (Deficits and spending have been adjusted to exclude the effects of shifts that ...

Public service and the federal government - Brookings Institution

One third of the federal workforce will be eligible to retire between now and 2025. A Closer Look. While there is significant support for the ...

Excess Management Is Costing the U.S. $3 Trillion Per Year

The cost of excess bureaucracy in the US economy amounts to more than $3 trillion in lost economic output, or about 17% of GDP.

The Rise Of A Massive Federal Bureaucracy | News, Sports, Jobs

In summarizing the problem of self-government, James Madison wrote, “…the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the ...

Agencies Processed Over One Million FOIA Requests in Fiscal Year ...

All 120 agencies subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) have finalized their Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Annual FOIA Reports.

Bureaucratic 'Churn' after Presidential Elections | NBER

Turnover rates for career federal employees are higher in the first few years of a new administration than at other times, particularly among senior executives.

The Rise of the Bureaucratic State

The great political and constitutional struggles were not over the power of the administrative apparatus, but over the power of the President, of Congress, and ...