[CCWG-ACCT] Oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Transport Authority

[Sivasubramanian M]

A co passenger on the Washington DC Metro remarked that Washington DC metro
is far less efficient in making design improvements and in effecting
upgrades. The top job was vacant for over 7 years before 2011, and vacant
again since February 2015 with all leading candidates withdrawn. Plans to
extend the metro have not progressed in 6 or 7 years.  This co passenger
said that it was all because of the complex oversight of the Metro.

The *Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority* (*WMATA*), commonly
referred to as *Metro*, is a tri-jurisdictional government agency that
operates transit service in the Washington Metropolitan Area
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metropolitan_Area>. WMATA was
created by the United States Congress
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress> as aninterstate
compact <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_compact> between the District
of Columbia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.>, the State of
Maryland <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland>, and the Commonwealth of
Virginia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia>.

Trijurisdictional Government Agency with several subcommittees that
requires the Directors / Representatives of the Federal Government and two
state governments to agree on budget and other management decisions. It is
perhaps due to this complications that the Metro, in comparison with other
Pubic Transport Authorities in other US cities, is less efficient in its
management, slow to make decisions and somewhat stagnant in its expansion.

ICANN Accountability discussions have made commendable progress during the
last 18 months, but seek to introduce some new measures in the way ICANN is
governed. Some of the new processes, such as change in budgetary process
may have to be considered with the caution that greater complexities may
compromise on the efficiency with which ICANN makes decisions.

Sivasubramanian M






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