Writing policy is easy. Making it work is hard. And when those who run government have no respect for the institutions, it’s even harder.
Elaine Kamarck
Elaine Kamarck is a lecturer at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She served in the Clinton administration, where she created and managed the National Performance Review, from 1993 to 1997.
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There is a widespread consensus that something “went wrong” in the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina. In the first weeks, the Bush administration was clearly anxious to pin the blame on the Democratic governor of Louisiana and the Democratic mayor of New Orleans. But even the president has now taken some responsibility. The departure of […]