In a piece written in 2007, my friend Rob Enderle first raised the delicate question of whether Ballmer was the right guy for the job, but gave him a temporarypass.
Over the past few years Congress has engaged in a type of budgeting in which legislators simply passtemporary, quick fixes each year, leaving agencies in limbo about what their status will be in the near future and preventing policymakers from really engaging in deliberations about how the resources of government could best be used.