The government is taking some modest steps to reduce the bureaucratic restraints on the nascent private sector.

Strong advocate of charter schools, specialized schools that operate outside the usual bureaucratic restraints, which are opposed by teacher unions.

Some community developers, for example, argue that landmarking brings bureaucratic restraints and higher expenses that make it more difficult to renovate old buildings.

But Mr. Mintz said the system would be safer as a result of buying better equipment and not being bound by bureaucratic restraints.

Our struggling economy needs stimulation, not more bureaucratic restraint and regulation.

The presumption is that without the bureaucratic restraints of the public school system and the teacher unions, charter schools can provide better education at lower cost.

The freedom that New York's complex network of authorities and commissions enjoys from political and bureaucratic restraints has long grated on the Governor.

Dr. Crew must also keep his promise to free the best schools from the bureaucratic restraints that stifle initiative.

And I celebrate my freedom from bureaucratic restraints that once held me.

Matching them requires money as well as freeing academic initiative from bureaucratic restraints.