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Creeping Advisoryism Tops Washington Committee Count
Washington rise in advisory bodies is praised by some as healthy governance while critics warn of creeping advisoryism. The piece notes at least 749 advisory groups in Washington, plus 407 interdepartmental and 757 intra departmental Pentagon committees, and cites Califano defending the system as democratic participation and potential savings in defense procurement.
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Washington
Bemn Price Washington
United States
Pentagon
Mint Assay Commission
Philadelphia
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Public Health Service
Council On Recreation and Natural Beauty
National Defense
Gulf of Mexico
White House
Commerce and Health
Education and Welfare
Johnson
Departments of Agriculture
Interior
Jamestown
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Joseph Califano
Califano
Defense Procurement Advisory Committee