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...image of a President personally in command." Among the disadvantages: it "frequently results in jurisdictional battles," and since "ad-hocracy does not differentiate between major and minor issues," the President's agenda can easily get muddled. In an interview, Porter emphasized that "most new Presidents engage in ad hoc decision making." He sees Bush's curiosity and openness as strengths. Another Administration official adds that the easy access the President grants is "one of the reasons people love to work...
Still, ad hoc decisions can lead to posthaste confusion, as quickly became apparent on Capitol Hill. When the Tower nomination appeared to be doomed, White House counsel Boyden Gray, a longtime Bush favorite who often acts independently of others on the staff, pressed for postponement of a vote in the Senate Armed Services Committee. But at the same time, White House lobbyists were pressing for an early vote...
...This incident illustrates the need to beef up security," said David A. Battat '91. Battat, who chairs the ad hoc committee on security for the Undergraduate Council, said the committee is exploring ways of improvingsecurity on and near campus. "We are askingquestions such as, 'Is more lighting needed?' and,'Is the Harvard Police Department understaffed?'"he said...
...activist slate, a new ad hoc committee on University investment will attempt to revive the issue of Harvard's South African stockholdings by sponsoring a February student petition drive. The committee also hopes to define the council's relations with an independent, divestment-linked student gift fund, the Endowment for Divestiture...
...complained that they were not fairly represented on a student dean search committee which reserved two seats for members of the minority Coalition for Diversity. After a bitter campaign, the student body roundly rejected a proposal by the conservative Students' Alliance for Fairness to prevent seats in future ad hoc committees from being reserved for specific groups...