Verwaltungsvereinfachungsmassnahmen

Verwaltungsvereinfachungsmassnahmen
 n.— «They’ve assigned the effort to rid their writing of fogginess a name. It is Verwaltungsvereinfachungsmassnahmen—that is, “simplified administrative procedures.”» —“Writing Campaigns Encouraging Bureaucrats To Come In From The Fog” by Don Hill in Prague, Czech Republic Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 9, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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