The speed (or lack thereof) at which our administrative agencies make rules is a reflection of the speed (or lack thereof) at which our democracy reaches consen

The speed (or lack thereof) at which our administrative agencies make rules is a reflection of the speed (or lack thereof) at which our democracy reaches consensus on change. What you're seeing isn't so much inefficiency, but rather how process works in a democracy. It's slow because Congress made it slow. If we lived in a dictatorship, things would go faster, public be damned. China gets things done, but at great expense to the impacted people.