Federal government needs a chief operating officer

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Washington Post:

The politically minded are busy hypothesizing about whom President Obama will choose to permanently replace Rahm Emanuel. Many Americans might consider the White House chief of staff among the most important jobs in Washington. But the chief of staff has very little statutory power over a federal enterprise that employs more than 4 million people, purchases more than half a trillion dollars each year in goods and services, and occupies more than 1 billion square feet of office space.

Instead, the president is left to manage these responsibilities through innumerable departments and agencies. Given the sheer size and cost of this enterprise, the federal government should borrow a page from the corporate world. The country's chief executive officer needs a chief operating officer to run the day-to-day government, to cut through budget battles, political fiefdoms, parochialism and inertia to assist the president in keeping this country moving. Let the president's chief of staff manage the White House - an enormous responsibility in itself. We need a chief operating officer to manage everything else.

While a COO must understand how policy and politics influence decision making in Washington, he should leave the politics to the chief of staff and others in the White House and undertake the hard role of running the business of government. Far from reflecting poorly on this president or his chief of staff, this suggestion is about the efficacy of the office itself. This innovation would modernize the institution of the presidency and enhance the ability of this president and his successors to govern.
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"Let's turn the President into a figurehead!" I do believe they are serious about this.

[NCTexan]

Oh Great!

 

The WAPO just gave Obambi the "Inside-the-Beltway" authorization to create a Csar Csar.... An appointed and unvetted overseer of all the other appointed and unvetted overseers.

[Pepper]

They did not call for the abolishment of the electoral college - unless that article is for Sunday's paper.

 

Oh Great!

 

The WAPO just gave Obambi the "Inside-the-Beltway" authorization to create a Csar Csar.... An appointed and unvetted overseer of all the other appointed and unvetted overseers.