There are two big problems with bureaucracy (apart from never knowing how to spell it). The first is that bureaucratic processes always seem to get bigger/longer/more complex and secondly, by its nature, it is hard to improve because the same bureaucracy you want to remove requires just as much effort to change as the effort you are trying to save.
It would make more sense to time-limit some of these things and make the various departments reapply every 2 years if they think the process serves a purpose still. Perhaps they pay $1M as well. As soon as the cost is more than the benefit, all of a sudden we realise that we don't really need 100 differnt people to sign off on everything.
Another easy win in this example would just be to make more of it electronic e.g. you apply in one place and they send out the relevant permissions to the various departments, some of whom could fill them in immediately/automatically and wire them back.
It would make more sense to time-limit some of these things and make the various departments reapply every 2 years if they think the process serves a purpose still. Perhaps they pay $1M as well. As soon as the cost is more than the benefit, all of a sudden we realise that we don't really need 100 differnt people to sign off on everything.
Another easy win in this example would just be to make more of it electronic e.g. you apply in one place and they send out the relevant permissions to the various departments, some of whom could fill them in immediately/automatically and wire them back.