[VaSteve]

It's not designed. It just happened by the way things evolved. Very hard to get rid of people in the gov't. Combine that with the way they hire....hard to get a job and then ***** about how hard it is to get good people. I'm a gov't consultant for the Federal space. If I wanted a Fed job I would have to spend hours on an application (www.usajobs.com) and wait months for an interview. If I wanted a job at another consulting/contracting firm doing almost the same work, I would send a resume and get an interview that week.

I have met gov't managers who are execellent stewards and public servants. I have met incompetent fools as well. Then again, I know a lot of people in the private sector with similar faults.