At Bennett's request, I chaired a Departmental working group called the Regulatory Review Task Force. At the end of one Task Force meeting, I suggested something that startled many Task Force members: at our next gathering, each member should bring along an example of a "dumb thing" their office did that could be eliminated without a legislative fix or a regulatory change. There was also concern that this exercise might invite deeper scrutiny by the Office of the Inspector General (also represented on the Task Force). I gave at least two examples of "dumb things" that we did in the General Counsel's Office that we could stop doing immediately. People left the meeting skeptical, but at the next Task Force meeting, a few members provided examples of "dumb things" that they intended to stop.

Source: Huffington Post February 13, 2017 23:37 UTC