The Prime Minister’s working group has submitted its long-awaited report on the state and development of Iceland’s bureaucracy, benchmarked against neighbouring countries. What was supposed to be a fairly contained piece of work ended up running to 372 pages — far beyond what anyone originally envisioned, in scope and in time. It also arrived nearly two years behind schedule.
Sigurbjörgu Sigurgeirsdóttir, a professor of administration, led most of the research and writing. The original estimate put the hours required at around 200. By the time the project wrapped, that figure had climbed to 1,097.5 — just over six months of full-time work.
Her company, Góðir domíssylshättir ehf., was paid ISK 22,454,850 for the work. In communications with Morgunblaðin, it was confirmed that Sigurgeirsdóttir carried this workload alongside her position at the University of Iceland.
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