pen-pushers

The difference between them and myself is that I have really put into practice what these peddlers and pen-pushers have timidly begun.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Timothy McVeigh Was No Libertarian: The Fallacy of Conflating Two Very Different Types of “Anti-Government” Movements 2010

The report also accuses ministers of "denigrating" NHS managers by referring to them as "pen-pushers" and warns that that will damage staff morale, deter skilled people from joining and discourage doctors from switching to management roles.

Nick Clegg demands rethink over role of NHS regulator 2011

Again, 'administrators' here likely includes hospital porters, cleaners and other essential staff who would be surprised to be described as pen-pushers.

Britain's Bureaucratic State, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

And the columnist was indignation squared in the Daily Mail, railing against the Care Quality Commission "self-important pen-pushers" over a case in Wales and calling – once again – for the head of its chief executive, Cynthia Bower.

Hugh Muir's diary 2011

George Osborne will today no doubt pledge to get rid of pen-pushers.

Why we need bureaucrats 2010

There he saw himself as an increasingly lone and strident dissenting voice: a muscular patriot, surrounded by opportunists and lazy, self-serving pen-pushers.

Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

The difference between them and myself is that I have really put into practice what these peddlers and pen-pushers have timidly begun.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Timothy McVeigh Was No Libertarian: The Fallacy of Conflating Two Very Different Types of “Anti-Government” Movements 2010

There are only three pen-pushers at the Philippine Information Agency – Peter, Larry and Gigi – and week after week, we read their output, not only on paper but also the electronic versions of their news releases via the websites of PIA, Sun Star, PBS and some other sites that publish (online) their syndicated postings.

DZRK, Radyo Natin, and the Rest 2008

Conveniently, Chavez said that he had fired Consul General Antonio Padrino for a cock-up that Padrino, himself, had been at pains to 'de-cock-up' after bungling Washington embassy pen-pushers had side-stepped international protocol and drafted in family and friends of former Venezuelan Ambassador to Washington, Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, to key positions at the Houston Consulate over Padrino's head.

Sparks Are Flying Around Venezuela's November 23 Elections 2008

That is because the process for letting small contracts by letter got blocked by the pen-pushers, and explains quite a lot of the lack of common-sense that's happening - no longer able to get peer reviews of all that wonderfully expensive nonsense advice.

You don't want one of those, you want one of these! 2008