If a bureaucrat does not want to take a particular action, even if it is a direct order, he or she can:
- "Forget" about it (and hope that you will do the same);
- Misfile it;
- Claim that other priorities intervened;
- Assign it to a subcommittee for further study;
- Wait several months and then ask for clarification;
- Implement the parts they like and promise to do the rest later;
- Implement it so slowly that its completion date is far beyond the horizon;
- Keep changing the staff members who are responsible for the project;
- Implement it in an aggressive and abrasive manner that will spark opposition;
- Report that action has been taken even though it has not;
- Claim that they thought another office had responsibility;
- Swamp the decision maker(s) with trivia so it is unlikely that there will be time for monitoring;
- Report that the matter has been resolved via another program;
- Delay and then report that there are legal questions that need to be resolved; and/or
- Claim that they thought the order was really more of a suggestion.
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