36 steps

The GAO (General Accountability Office) has published a list of suggested topics needing attention by the incoming Congress. There are thirty-six topics divided into three groups:

1. Targets for near term oversight - such as reducing the tax gap, making DHS a useful agency, improving security, etc.
2. Policies and programs that are in need of fundamental reform and reengineering - like Afghanistan and Iraq, Medicare and Medicaid, Energy Supply, etc.
3. Governance issues for a better government for all of us - such as the budget process, management structure and operation of the government, etc.

It's quite a comprehensive list, but we are in serious trouble. Unless these fine people who are representing us start actually doing constructive work such as that proposed by the GAO, we'll be in even deeper doodoo than we are now.