Obama just announced he will hold a (for him, rare) at a press conference tomorrow. Questions will be mainly concentrated in the oil spill on the Gulf .... And a variety of empty normally from the White House press corps (anyone notice the reporter asked a question, such information is inversely proportional to the money for the reporter?).However, there is a "big picture" issue, is really asking - or, even better type, Obama should answer the question fully before the start. This is a fundamental disconnect in many federal agencies in their core: their task is to grant permission (and pay rake to do so), and the implementation of the powers conferred by law. In other words, these departments (and they have many) as both a salesman and the police. This should be easy to see is a conflict of interest.If the main purpose of an organization is to make money in an industry (by the lease for oil drilling, for example), but also to the police, industry, then there is an inherent, built-in conflict. When an institution to better fulfill its part, the rest of the body can not complete its work, as well. These efforts may not be mutually exclusive, but they certainly mutual cooperation. Now, of course, as the British Petroleum oil rig disaster, under the microscope body is mineral management service (MMS). But the problem does not end, only MMS.There are dozens of other such organizations on federal departments and agencies and services alphabet soup. These organizations have one thing in common - their task is to make money some government services, but also to the police such activities. The fox guarding the henhouse is not just the fox is in part the existence sheds. The fox and the hen reporting the same boss.Than the abuse of metaphor, however, the Obama administration, the Minister of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar who quickly announced that MMS will be divided into three separate, individual units: marine energy management (who will Council set up the lease), natural resource revenues (office who is an accountant and future royalty issues), as well as safety and environmental law enforcement (who will be on safety and environmental law enforcement is responsible for).Of course, this is after the fact - it is difficult to avoid "re-arrangement of the Titanic deck chairs on the" comparative. In the oil spill is a fact. Oil swamps and bayous is a fact. Rearrange the federal agencies, is not exactly going to help in the short term (or even medium term, for the Gulf Coast). However, this does not mean that it is not a good idea, or something worth trying, it will (hopefully) work to prevent the recurrence of such an ecological and economic disaster. What it did not even really important government services, we are talking about, either.The only thing I can think of the latest, when the reorganization of a department of government to eliminate this conflict of interest, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was established, the Immigration and Naturalization Service was split into Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration service. However, this is a fairly easy thing to do, politically. This is so that we feel in time and (focus), immigration and industry profits is not the major - the way of oil drilling.To put this another way, immigration is there to lobby on Capitol Hill throw the weight around a lot. With other sectors of the majority of these (double and law enforcement authority) to do so, however. However, that does not change the fact that separation and enforcement authority is a great idea to reform the federal government. In fact, this is a good idea, it should be a governmental efforts. This is the "big picture" comes in.In the introduction of players who have to sell something, the guy who reported to the police the industry's federal income the same boss the whole concept is ridiculous, when you think of it, because it will inevitably lead to more of the boss tried to tell the Revenue industry - the police, relax. It is based on the system, unless you have a specific idea is incredible, it is his or her work to protect the owner, rather than income. In this level, such a person is sad and rare.Ma Congming way for Obama will be tomorrow night announced that he would conduct a comprehensive review of all federal agencies, there is a conflict of interest to see such an organization chart. He then separated them. He may be able to collect all the police agencies, which will be fully Inspector General's Office, or he can give them, among other federal law enforcement agencies, or he can leave them, they are - as long as they are completely independent of existing institutions to create.Up to Clinton for "reinventing government Al Gore," Obama's hand such efforts can be Vice President Biden, or anyone else he thinks can do the job right. Face reality, this may not happen. I have a sneaking suspicion that these ideas, only "for a lot of sense" to actually be about 1.Although Obama White House, in the early days, noting that it "Do not let the crisis go to waste," the concept is easy to see, they may not want to take another large-caliber in the current project - especially the lack of a will lead to government departments interference and personnel changes, and this would be a serious lobbying (in many industries, while only a single one). Therefore, we are likely to continue to address the issue of conflicting interests underlying the passive and ad hoc, case by case basis - every time a crisis, in other words,.It is a shame, because it will waste the Gulf oil spill provided the opportunity to revisit the federal agencies have established a very basic way to see this particular (MMS) of the tree, ignoring the favor of other institutions of forests, which way around it. Approval of the new industry for the implementation of laws and regulations with the industry is totally different, the opposite function. Without them a body should be handled by the same reason - no matter what industry, we are talking about.
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