Precautions taken in response to COVID-19 explain some but not all of the recent long delays in getting a passport.
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For decades, presidents beginning with Andrew Jackson routinely replaced large swaths of the government workforce, often requiring them to pay fees to political parties in exchange for their jobs.
Corrupt politicians and public servants will be under the spotlight of the new federal corruption watchdog. But if its proposed powers are any clue, it will have neither bark nor bite. Here’s why.
The government collects reams of economic data that are vital to the functioning of companies, policymakers and even families.
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Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Interim Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Business Administration and of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
