Reposted by Andras Kis
I'm not allowed to boil a kettle in my office; the electricity is public money. This rule can be justified in a sentence. Most of what lands on my desk has never had to be. New post on unnecessary bureaucracy.
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The one-way audit
Researchers are required to account for their time and money. Administrative procedures rarely include any account of the research time they consume.