Having such a person in government seems like a very good idea. A c o o is the chief operating officer of a large corporation, responsible day to day execution of the goals of the organization. The president and congress would have that kind of high level oversight responsibility. And then the audit agency would hopefully be a very powerful check. If an audit report comes back and says, you know, agencylet's call t the federal communications commission, is really falling down on the job,. Then presumably the president an the congress would step in.
Economist and author Arnold Kling talks about improving government regulation with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Kling suggests ways to improve the administrative state--the agencies and regulatory bodies that often write the regulations that they enforce. The conversation concludes with Kling's idea for holding public intellectuals accountable for their pronouncements.