Officials have even broached the idea of changing the pattern of work in the department so that firemen do not spend such large blocks of time together.

ECONOMIST: Fire services

This concern about the Bush Administration's approach to decision-making is heightened by several previous actions -- actions that suggest a pattern of behavior of which the non-summit idea appears to be but the most recent example.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Distressing Signals On Summitry

The idea is that staff become much more flexible with their time, their working pattern and their ideas.

BBC: South East Wales