Submitted by: Debbie Beatty
Storming
the Barricades in Washington.
I have worked in the government on and off for 40
years. During that time I became quite familiar with requisitions, bidding,
awarding contracts etc. It is a time consuming process with bean-counters and
pencil-necked bureaucrats every step of the way. The simplest request takes
months not days or hours.
In less than 8 hours of the shutdown,
miraculously, professionally printed 3X4 foot signs appeared all over the
country in the tens of thousands saying-“this [park, facility, etc. with custom
logos] closed due to government shutdown. There
has not been a government shutdown in 17 years. These signs were designed,
specifications were determined, signs were then requisitioned, bids were posted
and vetted, government contracts were awarded. The materials were then ordered
and the signs manufactured then distributed by U.S. Mail or freight companies.
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