ABSTRACT
Upper governmental bureaucrats everywhere live under the imperative of thinking of the continued justification of the activities of their bureaucracies. What are the possible ways of modifying programs and methods? How appealing to whom are the alternatives? What are the dangers to be avoided? Are the achievements impressive? Is there a firm and possibly growing body of public awareness, satisfaction, and support? These and similar considerations haunt the thoughts of the prudent governmental officer. What he does with these thoughts may depend upon the form of government and political system within which the officer works.
