How political support influences red tape through developmental...

Policy Studies Journal;  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......citizens accuse government of having too much red tape, they often mean excessive rules and regulations...Bozeman, 2000). The exact meaning of red tape is often unclear. Nevertheless, much of...government can improve performance by cutting red tape through internal deregulation ...

There's No Red Tape; Bureaucracy Remains but Government No Longer Ties...

The Washington Post;  October 14, 1991 ;     586 words ......negotiations. The monster politicians fight to slay. Red tape. Well, guess what? Nobody in government uses the stuff anymore. Yes, red tape is more than a metaphor, or at least it once was. Red tape - it was actually red cloth or ribbon - was used...

Examining Red Tape in Public Private Organizations: Alternative...

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......spots. The oft-quoted dictum by Waldo, [O]ne man's red tape is another man's system, aptly sums up the nature of a blind spot regarding red tape (Waldo 1946, 399).(1) Most explanations of red tape focus on the system rather than the individual...

Red tape: a review and assessment of concepts and measures....

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......number of publications on the subject of red tape in the last decade would seem to suggest...made in understanding how to deal with red tape (e.g., Baldwin 1990; Bozeman, Reed, and...exploring public-private differences in red tape. The limited focus and lack of progress...

NSW: NSW businesses swamped by red tape - Chamber

AAP General News (Australia);  November 10, 2008 ;     229 words ...NSW: NSW businesses swamped by red tape - Chamber SYDNEY, Nov 10 AAP - NSW businesses are being swamped by red tape, with a fifth spending more than 20 hours...commerce says. The NSW Business Chamber's Red Tape Survey has found businesses are more...

DEVELOPMENT: RED TAPE IS A RED FLAG TO GREENS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 9, 2004 ;     661 words ......2004 (IPS/GIN) -- Business opposition to red tape and regulations is damaging society and...Foundation, Christian Aid and WWF says 'red tape' is often an illusory obstacle raised by business to get its way. The report, 'From Red Tape to Road Signs' says "business has created...

The impact of red tape's administrative delay on public organizations'...

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......that public organizations have greater red-tape based administrative delay than do private...organizations. If public administrators view red tape, at least partially, as a result of organizational...it is likely that burdensome levels of red-tape based delay could motivate interest ...

The red tape wrestling match Governments have claimed they will tackle the...

Evening Standard - London;  February 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ......politician says he or she is going to cut red tape, that too is at best self-delusion. Paper...up to the surface and blow off hot air. Red tape is now such a groan under Gordon Brown...jobs if politicians would ease up on the red tape. This report, Facing the Future, is likely...

Red tape unravels slowly at city hall

Winnipeg Free Press;  May 18, 2007 ;     612 words ......finished half the job laid out by the Red Tape Commission, said Mayor Sam Katz, claiming...Katz has promised to implement all 30 Red Tape Commission recommendations by Jan. 16...Shelley Hart. But his staff considers the Red Tape Commission recommendation pertaining to...

Talking point: Constant carping about red tape clouds real issues

Scotland on Sunday;  April 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ...RED tape is the business equivalent of terrorism...distractedly. A small but showy bonfire of red tape is one part of the Budget ritual that even...t have the levers to deal with all the red tape that has come from Europe, the government...

The cost of red tape in excess of pounds 512m.(Business Local)

Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  February 26, 2007 ;     343 words ......today reveals that the additional cost of red tape and regulation to business in the North...research estimates the cost of additional red tape to the average business at pounds 12,818...wade through ever-growing mountains of red tape. It is time for the Government to nail...

Red tape breakthrough ; Businesses in the West say they have finally been...

Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  October 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the amount of time and money spent on red tape although there is little faith in the...owners still do not detect any sign of the red tape bonfire announced by Gordon Brown during...facing their business, 43 per cent named red tape, as did those who identified the credit...

Fed: Red tape costing farmers $22k annually - report

AAP General News (Australia);  August 7, 2007 ;     271 words ......General News (Australia) 08-07-2007 Fed: Red tape costing farmers $22k annually - report...farmers' profit is being stripped away by red tape every year, a peak farm lobby group has...continues its major investigation into red tape ordered by Treasurer Peter Costello. Conducted...

Small firms' red tape costs double

Evening Standard - London;  October 11, 2000 ;     402 words ...THE cost of red tape to small businesses has more than doubled...businesses up to 50-strong, the increase in red tape costs has been from 4700 to more than...Service is less part of the solution to red tape than part of the problem. Red tape has...

Fed: Red tape could be costing GPs $15,000 per annum - AMA

AAP General News (Australia);  September 3, 2002 ;     193 words ...00-00-0000 Fed: Red tape could be costing GPs $15,000 per annum...Sept 3 AAP - Doctors today warned that red tape could be costing GPs up to $15,000 a...for contributing to doctor shortages. Red tape is strangling GPs, AMA president Kerryn...