Project Justification Document: A Study in Redundancy

Justifying the existence of the Department of Unnecessary Red Tape, Subsection 2: A Case Study in Bureaucratic Excess.

By: Jane Q. Bureaucrat, Director of Unnecessary Red Tape, Subsection 2

This study aims to demonstrate the importance of filling out Form 27-B/6 in triplicate, as required by Regulation 345-B/7. Failure to do so may result in a 6-month delay in processing your request.

Section 1: Introduction

  1. Justifying the existence of the Department of Unnecessary Red Tape, Subsection 2: A Case Study in Bureaucratic Excess
  2. Methodology: This study employs a combination of surveys, focus groups, and extensive use of binders and clipboards
  3. Limitations: This study is limited to the 10,000 respondents who actually bothered to fill out the forms

Section 2: Results

  1. Conclusion: 9 out of 10 respondents reported feeling utterly bewildered by the forms
  2. Conclusion: 8 out of 10 respondents reported wasting at least 2 hours filling out the forms
  3. Conclusion: 6 out of 10 respondents reported developing a strong sense of existential dread

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