So does bureaucratic rivalry, for which the Port Authority is especially noted.

Domestic politics and bureaucratic rivalries led France into the impasse.

Several officials asserted that bureaucratic rivalries were partly to blame.

And naturally there are bureaucratic rivalries between the institutions.

But in fact the planning has spawned intense bureaucratic rivalries over who is in charge of the redevelopment effort.

A Blackstone effort to acquire businesses in China could also lead to bureaucratic rivalries that would make a deal harder to complete.

They also know how bureaucratic rivalries, personal vendettas, competing issues and partisan politics often trump national security imperatives.

But the program has stalled repeatedly, hampered by doubts within the Government, bureaucratic rivalries and skepticism overseas about what Japan is really after.

He calls the relationship between the intelligence community and the policy makers - you guessed it - politicized, damaged by bureaucratic rivalries and dysfunctional.

It would eliminate petty bureaucratic rivalries and make a single administrator accountable for the safety of America's food.