The article critiques Elon Musk's approach to government efficiency, arguing that the focus should not be solely on public employees. Instead, it highlights that much waste and fraud in federal agencies stem from an overreliance on private contractors, which create additional costs and inefficiencies. The author emphasizes the need for accountability within the civil service and warns against the potential harms of adopting Silicon Valley-style management in public administration. Historical attempts to streamline government have often exacerbated the issues rather than resolved them, leading to a bloated contracting system.
The central problem is the false assumption of this approach: that problems of inefficiency in federal agencies stem exclusively from the public administration.
Much of the waste, inefficiency, and indeed fraud result from the government's overreliance on private-sector organizations to conduct its work.
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