How Many Biden Appointees ‘Burrowed in’ to the Permanent Bureaucracy?

The Daily Signal cited CEI’s expert on political career placements

Sean Higgins, a research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, also highlighted the threat of employees slow-walking the president’s agenda.

“It’s easy to throw sand in the gears for something you don’t like, and that’s one of the reasons why things run so slowly in the government,” he told The Daily Signal.

Higgins noted that while analysts are familiar with the problem, no comprehensive study has shown exactly how many political appointees “burrow in.”

However, the Office of Personnel Management keeps a record of how many political appointees request—and receive—nonpolitical “career” placements.

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