The phrase "administration of things" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the management or organization of various items, resources, or tasks.
Example: "The administration of things in the office has improved significantly since the new manager took over."
Alternatives: "management of items" or "organization of resources".
An MP needs a team to be able to do the job, particularly the administration side of things, and each MP decides how involved they are in the mass of paperwork chained to the role.
It has drawn so many smokers from nearby office buildings that the Parks Department -- in the Bloomberg administration, of all things -- found itself compelled to search for aesthetically compatible ashtrays.
With the memory of the battering that his predecessor took following the Bush administration's widely disparaged response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Mr. Obama seemed to be taking pains to show that his administration is on top of things this time around.
On the public side of things, the administration has been working with over 40 venture capital firms (including but not limited to A16Z, Intel Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and Scale Venture Partners) that collectively have more than $100 billion under management, and are committing to new hiring practices that advance opportunities for minorities.
"There seem to be a whole lot of things this administration does -- carrots and sticks, some say the Chicago way -- to get people on board," Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said during Thursday's hearing.
"Many people understood a lot of things the Bush administration did," said Danielle Pletka, vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
"July will be busy and I expect Dick Cheney will be in the thick of things," said one administration official who works closely with the vice president.
"There are some worrisome movements — logistical, preparatory types of things," said an administration official, who added that there was no confirmation that large numbers of Russian soldiers, aircraft or heavy weapons had yet arrived.
To the long list of things the Bush administration is willing to trash in its rush to appease immigration hard-liners, you can now add dozens of important environmental laws and hundreds of thousands of acres of fragile habitat on the southern border.
"It's a credit to the Obama administration they are doing these kinds of things and not letting go".
