{"id":3174,"date":"2015-10-20T17:59:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T21:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=3174"},"modified":"2015-10-20T17:59:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T21:59:23","slug":"the-estranged-legislative-and-executive-branches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/the-estranged-legislative-and-executive-branches\/","title":{"rendered":"The Estranged Legislative and Executive Branches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Public-Administration-Times.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3175\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/the-estranged-legislative-and-executive-branches\/public-administration-times\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Public-Administration-Times.png\" data-orig-size=\"796,200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Public Administration Times\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Public-Administration-Times-300x75.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Public-Administration-Times.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3175\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Public-Administration-Times.png\" alt=\"Public Administration Times\" width=\"796\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Public-Administration-Times.png 796w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Public-Administration-Times-300x75.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/a>Hugh Heclo\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0815735359\/alcoholreviewsco\"><i>A Government of Strangers<\/i><\/a>, published 40 years ago, described the very different worlds of high-level federal appointees and the civil-servant worker bees they purportedly manage. Today that sort of <a href=\"http:\/\/patimes.org\/bridging-separation-powers\/\">estrangement has spread<\/a> beyond agencies to the first and second branches of government, with toxic results.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/139704662\"><i>Government Disservice: Overcoming Washington Dysfunction to Improve Congressional Stewardship of the Executive Branc<\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/139704662\"><i>h<\/i><\/a> reports that the legislative and executive branches are badly discordant: \u201cThere is a pervasive sense that those running executive branch agencies and those serving in Congress often live in parallel universes\u2014a condition that many believe has grown worse over time.&#8221;\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/patimes.org\/estranged-legislative-executive-branches\/\">Read more at Public Administration Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hugh Heclo\u2019s A Government of Strangers, published 40 years ago, described the very different worlds of high-level federal appointees and the civil-servant worker bees they purportedly manage. Today that sort of estrangement has spread beyond agencies to the first and second branches of government, with toxic results. 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