David Paulson Quotes
It’s more difficult to get people on board at the Federal level than it is locally.
The new director was faced with 2,600 personnel vacancies in this critical office and the jobs were not getting filled quickly. Many people who are appointed to high Federal Office and come from the private sector or state and local government, are appalled at the extensive and cumbersome bureaucracy that makes the hiring of Federal employees so tedious and slow.
David Paulson, Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Interview, NBC Meet the Press, August 27, 2006
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Referring to the administrative procedures required of the Navajos by the Bureau of Indian Affairs:
In addition, most state and local corrupt officials are detected, and prosecuted by Federal law enforcement officials as local and sometimes state corruption involves the local and state law enforcement officials as well as others so local authorities often turn a blind eye towards corruption.
This information related to the Civil Service under King Frederick William I, 1688-1740.
Lieber is best known because he was assigned by President Lincoln to study the then international laws of war and prepare a manual for the guidance of union troops in the Civil War. Lincoln then issued the document as a general order.
First woman to receive the British Order of Merit. Nightingale was a great and prolific writer, and nothing attracted her ire worse than bureaucracy. See {614057}.
Although an Irishman, he was commenting about the British government of which Ireland was then a part.
He confuses modernity and religion. Muslims who live in a modern world have the same degree of bureaucracy then the Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists and other religions do. The Muslims of America have the same degree of paperwork as other Americans, and the Turkish bureaucracy has as much filing and other paperwork as countries where the majority of people are of different religions. Historically, when England and France and other Christian countries were in the Dark Ages, Islamic bureaucrats kept Western and Eastern knowledge alive, and when the Ottoman Empire ruled most of the known world, they almost collapsed under their very heavy bureaucracy.
The Arab Culture has traditionally been one of poetic oratory with much exaggeration. The last of the three statements above was his attempt to limit this tendency when facts were needed. This is one of his desires that was short-lived and is a huge problem in modern Arab administration of most things.
Thousands of people were trapped in the New Orleans convention center without food, water, sanitary or medical facilities. A number died. While the head of FEMA claimed Federal ignorance, the plight of the people at the Superdome and the Convention Center was constantly being broadcast on the radio and television, including on location video and pleas for help. Mr. Brown’s qualifications for emergency management before he was appointed to head FEMA was to head up an organization for Arabian Horses.
“Assessing” did not mean evaluating. It described a process where each civil servamt was “assessed” an amount of money—based on his salary—that was to be paid to the Political Party that appointed him. The specific corrupt process of “assessing” he described well in {629355}. Roosevelt had worked at the local, state and Federal levels of government. All had tolerated a great deal of this form of corruption. At the time this article was written, the Federal reforms had begun to take effect. Some states and local governments followed, but the average level of corruption being most at the local level, next at the state level, and least at the Federal level, as TR observed then was essentially the same into the 21st century. Government corruption was generally less, but relatively it was worst at the local level and least at the Federal level. At the end of the 20th century for example, every Kentucky County Commissioner except 1 was convicted and jailed for taking bribes and kickbacks from highway and road construction contractors. Corruption at the Federal Level was less.
“Assessing” did not mean evaluating. It described a process where each civil servant was “assessed” an amount of money—based on his salary—that was to be paid to the Political Party that appointed him. This historical quotation gives us a feel for the common political practice of 19th century. In the 21st century, this practice looked unethical and corrupt. Consider that Americans of the 22nd century will likely view private campaign contributions as corrupt. Standards have improved over time in America.
Whitman himself had worked as a clerk in 3 different Federal Departments.
David Joshua Paulson is a former American football tight end. He was selected in the seventh round, 240th overall, by the Steelers in the 2012 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon.
