Where Are the Guardrails?

Washington Post: “The breakneck campaign to eviscerate the U.S. Agency for International Development, hobble the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and give young tech engineers access to sensitive computer systems — among them the trillion-dollar payment systems for the entire government — have left many inside and outside the civil service stunned.”

“Federal agencies have long been seen as lumbering, rule-bound bureaucracies built on strict chains of command, protocols and safeguards — systems that critics blame for stymieing reform, but which also protect vital social safety nets and national security by slowing or blocking quick change.”

“Until now.”