[alistairSH]

But is that a problem? Or is that functioning as intended?

Generally speaking, I want my government to be stable, predictable, and consistent over fairly long time horizons.

[DAGdug]

Depends on how they weigh the cost of a false positive versus false negative decision. The former seems to often be the key focus of a bureaucracy, slowing down the rate of diffusion of new technologies even among willing adopters.