Archive - State Capacitance

How Process Charts Kept the Lights On

A guest writer applies 1940s management to his day job

Jul 21 •

Kevin Hawickhorst

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F. Ichiro Gifford

June 2025

How the Feds Invented Lean Manufacturing

Before Toyota, there was the Social Security Administration.

Jun 23 •

Kevin Hawickhorst

May 2025

April 2025

Truman's Bureaucrats

Paperwork reduction before the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Apr 16 •

Kevin Hawickhorst

March 2025

The DOGE of the 1880s

When Congress made the government efficient

Mar 3 •

Kevin Hawickhorst

February 2025

Donations in WWII: the Treasury's Records

Uncle Sam wants you, but would settle for fifteen thousand pigeons.

Feb 10 •

Kevin Hawickhorst

USDA Reorganization: Regulatory Capture by Design

The Jekyll Island of the Department of Agriculture.

Feb 3 •

Kevin Hawickhorst

January 2025

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