The biggest problems with public service is not the workers, but how they are led and organized. Civil servants report to political appointees and that the number of appointees had swelled. They now total about 4,000, helping to choke off promotion and career advancement. In other words, at some point, success based on performance ends and political connections take over. The organizational structure of the government is an outdated holdover with duplicative responsibilities under rules that carry the power of law. Civil servants are a convenient punching bag to distract from the failures of leadership promulgated by successive administrations to improve the structure or performance of the federal government. More here…
