Speaking of bureaucracy, the Washington Nationals baseball team is trying to find enough parking space for fans coming to its new stadium.  It looked into the possibility of using an empty federal garage nearby.  The team’s owners got the city to pay for the stadium; now they want to get the government to provide parking.  So it is difficult to have any sympathy for their problem.  Still, here is the list of agencies that, according to the Washington Post’s Marc Fisher, must grant permission for the use of the garage:  the Federal Protectors Service; the Department of Justice; the General Services Administration; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; and five different offices of the Department of Transportation. 

And since part of the document that Fisher relied on for this story was redacted "to protect national security," it seems likely that intelligence agencies were also involved.

[excerpted from The Washington Monthly.  Used by permission.]

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