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John L. Waid

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    John L. Waid commented on the post, 5 Bipartisan Ways Trump Could Cut Red Tape in Government, on the site GovLoop 4 years, 1 month ago

    In order to promulgate a regulation, one of the criteria that an agency must meet is that the regulation is reasonably necessary to accomplish the goals of the statute the regulation is interpreting. Setting aside the fact that what is “unreasonable and unnecessary” is largely in the mind of the beholder, it is difficult to imagine an agency head…[Read more]

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    John L. Waid commented on the post, The Hurdles to Success in Government, on the site GovLoop 5 years, 9 months ago

    An example: many years ago there was fiery truck crash at the popularly-named “MacArthur Maze,” the spot where three interstates come together and form one road into San Francisco, California. The Maze, the main entrance to San Francisco, was closed as a result. The governor, in order to speed work along, waived several hoops the contractors…[Read more]

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    John L. Waid commented on the post, In 7 Words or Less…What’s Your 2015 Prediction?, on the site GovLoop 6 years, 2 months ago

    One year closer to retirement.

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    Harold (Hal) Good and Profile picture of John L. WaidJohn L. Waid are now friends 6 years, 4 months ago

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    Patrick Fiorenza and Profile picture of John L. WaidJohn L. Waid are now friends 6 years, 4 months ago

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    John L. Waid replied to the topic Re-org, what is it? in the forum Miscellaneous 6 years, 11 months ago

    Re-orgs are undertaken for many reasons. Often, the reason is to simply make things look different as if the agency is responding to an issue but the Powers that B don’t really want to change anything. So, things are the same, just different. “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” — The Who.
    Sometimes, a re-organization does change the…[Read more]

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    John L. Waid replied to the topic It’s Time to Get Rid of All Bosses! in the forum Human Resources 7 years ago

    Agree completely with Kevin’s last comment except that the perception of what is “needless” is in the eye of the beholder, and the beholders are persons operating in the level of management under scrutiny. Guess what conclusion they will reach.
    Civil service looks more like a diamond than a triangle because managers laudably want to reward good…[Read more]

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    John L. Waid replied to the topic It’s Time to Get Rid of All Bosses! in the forum Human Resources 7 years ago

    Employees might love to take some of the credit but are deathly afraid to take the heat for making a mistake or worse taking the heat for a mistake someone else made. Government is run in a culture of fear where no one wants to take the blame. How has the goals of our current political “leaders” been characterized — garner credit and deflect…[Read more]

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    John L. Waid replied to the topic It’s Time to Get Rid of All Bosses! in the forum Human Resources 7 years ago

    These kinds of ideas forget that in any large organization at least there are two hierarchies. there is the formal hierarchy reflected on the wire chart, big boss (he has the Big Picture in his office and the Regular Mechanic works on his car) on down to peons at the bottom (the ones getting peed on, hence the name). Then there is the informal…[Read more]

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    John L. Waid replied to the topic Should U.S. Schools Have Police Presence? The NRA Says YES… in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 8 years ago

    David,
    Please remember that “the lucrative gun lobby” consists of 4 million middle-class Americans and counting. That’s just NRA emembership. There are other Second-Amendment organizations out there as well. All privately funded. NY Mayor Michel Bloomberg is funding an anti-gun organization to impose his ideas of gun control all over the…[Read more]

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    John L. Waid replied to the topic Should U.S. Schools Have Police Presence? The NRA Says YES… in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 8 years ago

    The NRA would. Only people not familiar with the NRA see it as a rabid “put guns in the hands of everyone” organization. The NRA has been in the forefront of responsible gun use since the beginning and has done more to reduce accidental shootings that all the government actions put together. While government has wrung its hands over accdental…[Read more]

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    John L. Waid replied to the topic Should U.S. Schools Have Police Presence? The NRA Says YES… in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 8 years ago

    President Obama is a gun-hater from way back. Attorney General Eric Holder is, too. VP Biden will recommend to h is boss what his boss wants to hear. It is a standard practice in politics to form a committee whose recommendations can be ultimately buried.

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    John L. Waid replied to the topic Should U.S. Schools Have Police Presence? The NRA Says YES… in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 8 years ago

    Dannielle brings up something that we often forget. When we say “prevent” in these discussions, we are really discussing two different concepts: (1) can government stop someone form forming the intent to go to a school, office building, etc., to shoot a bunch of people: and (2) once he gets there can we prevent him from actually doing it or…[Read more]

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    John L. Waid replied to the topic Should U.S. Schools Have Police Presence? The NRA Says YES… in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 8 years ago

    Why not follow the Israeli example to its logical conclusion — UMC (Universal Military Conscription). Every boy (and girl, if the feminists insist) service in the military for at least 2 years. There, they will learn discripline and job skills. They will also learn how to handle and maintain and respect fairearms. No one better knows what not…[Read more]

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    John L. Waid replied to the topic Should U.S. Schools Have Police Presence? The NRA Says YES… in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 8 years ago

    President Obama is a long-time gun-hater. His Attorney General, Eric Holder, has been on record for at least 30 years as wanting to disarm all Americans and make them dependent for their protection on government. (Ask the Britons how well that worked in the riots last year.) He has been actively pursuing a small arms treay through the UN to get…[Read more]

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    John L. Waid replied to the topic Should U.S. Schools Have Police Presence? The NRA Says YES… in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 8 years, 1 month ago

    Mayor Bloomberg has, I believe, one daughter. She is grown now, but my memory is that she went to private schools. Interesting that so many politicians who espouse the worth of public schools send their kids to private schools. Another interesting fact. Know what group has the highest rate of sending their kids to private schools? Public…[Read more]

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    John L. Waid replied to the topic Should U.S. Schools Have Police Presence? The NRA Says YES… in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 8 years, 1 month ago

    I thought of that. Maybe white crazies simply dream bigger or simply don’t have or use the outlet of drive-bys on a regular basis to get their anger out. That’s for psychologists. The point is that the alternative was not there, thereby skewing the discussion in one direction. Also, gang members tend to used illegally-acquired weapons, thus…[Read more]

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    John L. Waid replied to the topic Should U.S. Schools Have Police Presence? The NRA Says YES… in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 8 years, 1 month ago

    The reason is simple: shooting rampages are ended by the arrival of other people with guns. What is so preposterous, then, about having people on site already who are armed and trained? “Certified armed security,” if that’s an accurate summary of what the NRA said (I didn’t read their statement), can include teachers and principals. The courts…[Read more]

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    John L. Waid replied to the topic Honolulu police sued over deleted Facebook posts – your thoughts? in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 8 years, 4 months ago

    I think they are asking the second question first. The first question is whether or not the posts were deleted in the ordinary course of business. If so, then the nature of the posts doesn’t matter. Even assuming they were some sort of government record, they were properly deleted. It may be a records management issue. Not enough information…[Read more]

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