[Still Thinking]

Like undoing the absurd promotion to cabinet level. And add some serious accountability, like if you publish something without proper scientific rigor, you're automatically out the door, and maybe in jail, depending on how blatant. Like mandatory cost-of-implementation and cost-per-life-saved assesments that can't be sneaked around. Like a cap on department budget, not to exceed 0.001% of last year's GDP, etc.

[Grampa Dave]

Your plan and my plan would clean up a lot re the federal employee mess.

I would to see our new republican controlled congress in 2003 require that all fed employees from GS7 and above have to submit in writing their letter of resignation after each presidential election to the new president. Then, after he is sworn in that president has 4 years to leave them at their jobs or to accept their resignation.

Then we could apply your standards: Like undoing the absurd promotion to cabinet level. Add some serious accountability, like if you publish something without proper scientific rigor, you're automatically out the door, and maybe in jail, depending on how blatant. Like mandatory cost-of-implementation and cost-per-life-saved assesments that can't be sneaked around. Like a cap on department budget, not to exceed 0.001% of last year's GDP, etc.

This dual sword could be used in all federal departments to massively weed out and selectively weed out the Rat mantra/agenda pushers.

To make it fair, GW could ask for this bill in his state of union address. Congress could pass it the next day and require that all federal employees send their letter of resignation to GW. Then immediately your performance standards would be set into action.