I sometimes like to imagine if I was president ... how hard would it be to find someone in a given department who could lead it and know better than the communi

I sometimes like to imagine if I was president ... how hard would it be to find someone in a given department who could lead it and know better than the communication restrictions as we have here. Granted, I fear the folks in charge now DO know better and the side effects are intentional ... but I wonder if it would be possible to pick someone and get it reasonably right.