Once upon a time, the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a dry, uninhabitable desert.
Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night."
So they created a part-time night watchman position and hired a person for the job.
Then Congress said, "How can the part-time watchman ever do his job without instruction?"
So they created a planning department and hired people to write instructions, and others to do time studies.
Then Congress said, "How will we know the part-time night watchman is doing his tasks correctly?"
So they created the Quality Control Department and hired more people -- to do the studies and to write the reports.
Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?"
So they created time keepers and payroll officer positions and a budgetary unit.
Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?"
So they created an administrative section and hired more people, among them an Administrative Officer, an Assistant Administrative Officer, and an Administrative Officer and Assistant Liaison.
Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one year and we are already $1.2 million over budget, we must cut back on overall cost."
So they laid off the part-time night watchman.