[VaSteve]

Supe, it's far more complicated. You often have to answer to people that have NO IDEA what they are talking about/doing. Problems are pushed off to the right for years because they are so complex (just the people aspect of it, often). I don't typically see the day-to-day career gov't managers as worring so much about FOIA requests and the public record. The issues are far harder to deal with than just that. Sometimes to get something accomplished, you literally have to wait out someone to retire.