I have seen just about every negative Carl espouses in both public and private companies. I have also had relationships with government agencies at all levels--

I have seen just about every negative Carl espouses in both public and private companies. I have also had relationships with government agencies at all levels--a variety of local, regional and national governments. Government entities are almost always more appropriately organized, better documented, more fiscally responsible (etc.) than commercial entities. It's surprising that, in my experience, corporations are administered with a greater degree of freedom, more inattention-to-detail and a greater degree of laxity in operations than government agencies. I have heard "Good enough for government work" and other government-related jabs during conversations and cocktail party exchanges countless times. But, my experience is that industry as a whole is not as well organized and has much less oversight than most government entities.