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NEWS ABOUT: bureaucratic blunders

bureaucratic blunders stories: 6 news summaries

Foreclosures Draw Eager Buyers, but Banks Drag Feet

Red tape and bureaucracy hinder efforts to buy repo'd properties

Apr 13, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bargain hunters are turning to foreclosed homes for deals, but many are finding that buying repossessed properties from banks is a bureaucratic nightmare, the Washington Post reports. Though the housing market cannot stabilize until the unprecedented volume of foreclosures is sold off, banks are sluggish to act and fraught with... More »

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housing market • foreclosure • bureaucracy • housing crisis • repossessions • bureaucratic blunders • financial crisis

OPINION

Federal Alcohol Labeling Rules Don't Go
Down Easy

'Thought crime' agency a headache for sellers

Jul 24, 08 2:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Energy drink makers can give their products names like Cocaine and Speed Freak, and it's fine for a perfume to be called Opium. But when a California microbrewer from the tiny town of Weed submitted an application for a new beer to the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade... More »

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alcohol • beer • bureaucratic blunders • Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau • Weed, Calif.

Nuke Blunder Last Straw for Booted Air Force Brass

Secretary Wynne, chief of staff Moseley long at odds with Pentagon

Jun 5, 08 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Secretary of the Air Force and the service's chief of staff were forced to resign today on the heels of a report highly critical of the handling of nuclear weapons and technology, the Air Force Times reports. More »

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nuclear weapons • US government • US Air Force • nuclear arsenal • bureaucratic blunders • B-52s • T. Michael Moseley • Michael W. Wynne • ouster

Census Bureau Downgrades Back to Paper

Hand-held computers won't be ready for 2010; count's costs rise

Apr 3, 08 6:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 2010 US census was meant to be a high-tech affair, NextGov.com reports, but the Census Bureau today ditched plans to use hand-held computers. The agency will return to plain old paper after "a lack of effective communication" derailed efforts by Harris Corp. to come up with devices... More »

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technology • Census Bureau • bureaucracy • US Census • Carlos Gutierrez • bureaucratic blunders • Harris Corp. • hand-held computers

Audit Slams
FBI Over Terror Watch List

Agency provides inaccurate, outdated info on suspects

Mar 18, 08 6:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI provides inaccurate information about suspects on the nation's terror watch list, leaving innocent people on it too long and failing to provide timely updates about those who pose genuine threats, a Justice Department audit shows. The FBI says it will fix the problems within 6 months, the AP... More »

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Department of Justice • terrorism • FBI • terrorist lists • watch list • suspected terrorists • bureaucratic blunders • Robert Meuller

 Southwest Grounds 44 Planes 

Missed inspections for cracks drew fine from FAA—which didn't take immediate action

Mar 12, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Southwest Airlines grounded 44 planes today after having admitted to flying aircraft that were past due for inspections for structural cracks, the AP reports. The FAA fined Southwest $10.2 million—the largest ever levied on an airline—but the agency itself is under fire for not grounding the jets... More »

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FAA • safety • airline • airline safety • inspection • Southwest Airlines • Gary Kelly • Boeing 737-300 • bureaucratic blunders • Robert Sturgell

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