Sinkhole of bureaucracy

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Sinkhole of bureaucracy:

There’s an old mine in Pennsylvania where the U.S. processes federal retirements. By hand. On paper. In 2014.

The “system has a spectacular flaw. It still must be done entirely by hand, & almost entirely on paper.”

theatlantic: The saddest paragraph you’ll read today about the…

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theatlantic:

The saddest paragraph you’ll read today about the government shutdown.

Life After Debt: an economic report from 2000 anticipates a world where America has paid everything off.

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In late 2000 the Clinton administration was preparing for their final economic report. At the time, we were in surplus and economists were projecting that *the entirety of the US Debt would be paid off by 2012.*

In reality, US Debt is by far the highest it has ever been. But back then a federal […]

The five most important beats for a local newspaper or website

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Well written and well worth a read. I especially like how he proposes to restructure political coverage.Clipped from www.ojr.orgThe five most important beats for a local newspaper or website Online news start-ups must structure themselves not along traditional newsroom beat line-ups, but choose instead a new design that better connects their reporters with the community […]