[QUOTE=catherder;193098]My cough agency is guilty of that and it’s one reason why we have such shoddy crap on our hands. We have people who do not know how to or are not willing to hold a builder accountable to the specifications.[/QUOTE]
Incompetence is rampant but deliberate action is part of it. Civilian heads of departments in federal agencies have no incentive to exercise budget restraint. In fact the system encourages them to do the exact opposite. The incentive is to spend more money year after year in a conscious effort to outdo other so called “managers” in the game of budget allocation. It’s the lazy man’s way to climb up the GS ladder and what’s good for the country doesn’t enter into it.