Article 92. Downsizing The Federal Government

Reference:
The Book "Downsizing the Federal Government" by Chris Edwards Published by the Cato Institute 2005   On line at: Downsizing-the-Federal-Government.pdf

This book makes a good case for cutting back the federal Government.  I recommend the book because it enumerates the extent of the growth in funding.
But I have the following objections to the process presented.

1. Downsizing means cutting back departmental budgets.  The problem is how much can you cut back budgets and retain operations, no one knows. This leads to confrontation between those trying to cut costs and Department heads.  Departments can simply slow down operations to prove the need for added funding.

2. This process will remove unwanted activities and can be used to simplify government. But it has no provision to make the government operate efficiently.

3. There is no permanent solution in this approach leading to continuous confrontation at each and every funding period.

My solution presented in Articles 82 and 84 provide a permanent solution with 
the following approach:
1. First simplify government not unlike the method in Chris Edwards book.  This helps to get rid of unnecessary spending and by also using my "Effectiveness Tool" and "Consolidation Model" (for duplicated operations).

2. I use the term "Right-sizing" because it identifies the work that is being done and the staffing needed to do this work.  OIG Analysts collect the data from the work that is actually being done in a bottoms-up manpower budget. When all the work has been collected we know exactly what the staffing should be.  When Congress funds a new government initiative it will provide startup funding followed by the OIG Analysis to determine what the actual budget should be. For the first time the Federal Government will be properly managed.

3. My approach recognizes that the main problem with the Federal government is with the Bureaucracy itself as an independent powerful organization which seeks to protect itself and get the most funding that it can.  I have provided an alternative to the Bureaucratic organization.

The Right-sizing process is followed by the implementation of "Enterprise Lean" which provides Teams of government employees who meet to continuously improve their jobs. Enterprise Lean along with Six Sigma allow government employees to participate in the management of government activities by making continuous improvements at the work place.  After a few months the Teams will become proficient in solving problems in the work place.  The Top Management teams will then assume management of the Department and redundant Bureaucratic management will be removed.

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