Why is the revolving door viewed in a negative way?
a. It is a major cause of government size increases, as money that has been saved from one agency gets doled out to another.
b. It has raised questions about possible insider industry influence over regulatory agencies and decisions.
c. It has limited the success of sunset reviews by transferring the work and funding of a recently dismantled agency into a new agency.
d. It has prevented younger generations from entering the public sector by cycling current government employees around to various agencies.
Question 2
How successful has the sunset process been in Texas?
a. Despite failing to reduce the size of the bureaucracy, it has helped rid state government of some obsolete agencies, modernized state laws, and made some agencies more responsive to the public.
b. Of the total number of agencies reviewed by the sunset process, around 80 percent have been phased out, with their operations transferred to other agencies.
c. The sunset process has been highly successful in ensuring that former members of the bureaucracy do not obtain employment in private industries related to the positions they held in the government.
d. The sunset process has been very successful in reducing the number of state government employees by almost half.
Answer: a
