Responsibility for administration of the Poor Law passed to the Local Government Board in 1871, and the emphasis soon shifted from the workhouse as "a receptacle for the helpless poor" to its role in the care of the sick and helpless.
In the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010 the challenge was not just the enormity of it but the deadly blow that it struck to the administration of the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.
It would be productive if, given that all reform proposals (including their own) include some form of large-scale government intervention in the health-insurance market, Republicans could concentrate on slamming the Obama administration for poor execution of its health-insurance law rather than on wholesale critiques of the concept of government health-insurance reform as such.
Despite the worst economic situation since The Great Depression, because of vast changes to the public assistance system during the Clinton administration, the number of poor people receiving cash subsidies from the U.S. government is the lowest in decades.
So the question is: was the administration blindsided because of poor work by the intelligence services, or was the problem poor coordination by the National Security Council, which is supposed to integrate the various intelligence, diplomatic and defense agencies?
The umbrella opposition group, the National Salvation Front, has heaped criticism on President Mohammed Morsi's administration, accusing it of poor economic stewardship, lack of vision and inability to improve life for millions living below the poverty line.
Mr. Trump also accused the Obama administration of doing a poor job of accepting Christian refugees from Syria (though he has proposed a total halt to the admission of Syrian refugees).
A large proportion of patients diagnosed did not understand the disease and the aims of medical therapy after diagnosis, which leads to incorrect administration of medication and poor compliance.
Some delays were the result of poor administration and communication and Tesco had "inadequate processes" for correcting errors, for example where data had been input wrongly.
That makes his unfortunate resignation the inevitable consequence of poor administration and even poorer memory, and it probably makes things cleaner and easier for the Liberal party – but it's not really an act of unprecedented moral heroism.
