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David Bernhardt, "You Report to Me - Accountability for the Failing Administrative State"

Jun 11, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Importance of Reporting to the American People

2min

The Department of the Interior

2min

The History of the Department of Interior

3min

The Relationship Between President and Cabinet Secretaries

3min

The Importance of Clarity in Direction

2min

The Difficulty of Leading a Large Cabinet Level Agency

3min

The Importance of Collaboration in the Civil Service

2min

The Role of the Civil Service in the Trump Administration

2min

10.

The Importance of Being Rigorous in Your Review

3min

11.

The Importance of Senior Appointees

2min

12.

The Importance of Holding People Accountable

2min

13.

The Importance of Collaboration With Career Staff

3min

14.

The Importance of Trust in Politically Appointed Leadership

2min

15.

The Importance of Accountability in the Administrative State

2min

16.

How Congress Can Improve the System to Get Better Results for the American People

2min

17.

The Problem With Oversight in the Interior Department

4min

18.

The Supreme Court's Interest in Recalibrating the Administrative State

2min

19.

The Court's View on Non-Delegation

2min

20.

Moving the Headquarters of a Subcomponent of Interior

2min

21.

The Benefits of Moving Positions to Different Parts of the Country

2min

22.

The Importance of Being Close to Communities

4min

23.

How to Move Administration From a Process to Actual Outcomes

3min

24.

The Unsteadiness of Administration

2min

25.

You Report to Me Accountability for the Failing Administrative State

2min

Former Trump Administration Interior Secretary David Bernhardt argued that the administrative state has amassed unaccountable power over the last twenty years. He was interviewed by American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Adam White.

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