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On the recordMarch 18, 2009
Do you believe there is a problem there with what we sometimes call 'paralysis by analysis' or what the Acting Director said is 80 percent of the time spent trying to justify the other 20 percent of the actual work?
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Rob Bishop
Republican · Utah

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Bishop questions the efficiency of analysis in the Forest Service.

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