cross-purposes

Spitzer and Bruno, the scandal-plagued former Republican Senate Majority Leader, found themselves at cross-purposes from the very beginning of Spitzer's term.

Asher Smith: Eliot Spitzer Deserves Some Credit for New York's Gay Marriage Victory Asher Smith 2011

Some are pioneering new delivery systems that encourage providers to coordinate patient care, rather than work at cross-purposes with little communication.

The Time to Innovate Is Now Laura Landro 2011

But as we and other organizations have observed, a lack of transparency, visibility, and basic data -- not to mention the lack of a lead coordinating agency for contingency operations -- has caused or contributed to duplication, gaps, and cross-purposes, and has permitted unnecessary incidents of waste, fraud, and abuse.

David Isenberg: The State Department Takes Charge: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid David Isenberg 2010

Spitzer and Bruno, the scandal-plagued former Republican Senate Majority Leader, found themselves at cross-purposes from the very beginning of Spitzer's term.

Asher Smith: Eliot Spitzer Deserves Some Credit for New York's Gay Marriage Victory Asher Smith 2011

But as we and other organizations have observed, a lack of transparency, visibility, and basic data -- not to mention the lack of a lead coordinating agency for contingency operations -- has caused or contributed to duplication, gaps, and cross-purposes, and has permitted unnecessary incidents of waste, fraud, and abuse.

David Isenberg: The State Department Takes Charge: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid David Isenberg 2010

Spitzer and Bruno, the scandal-plagued former Republican Senate Majority Leader, found themselves at cross-purposes from the very beginning of Spitzer's term.

Asher Smith: Eliot Spitzer Deserves Some Credit for New York's Gay Marriage Victory Asher Smith 2011

Spitzer and Bruno, the scandal-plagued former Republican Senate Majority Leader, found themselves at cross-purposes from the very beginning of Spitzer's term.

Asher Smith: Eliot Spitzer Deserves Some Credit for New York's Gay Marriage Victory Asher Smith 2011

“What happens is, sometimes at cross-purposes, you got one hand doing one thing and one hand doing the other, both trying to do the right thing but working without a good outcome,” he said.

Think Progress » ThinkFast: March 16, 2010 2010

Spitzer and Bruno, the scandal-plagued former Republican Senate Majority Leader, found themselves at cross-purposes from the very beginning of Spitzer's term.

Asher Smith: Eliot Spitzer Deserves Some Credit for New York's Gay Marriage Victory Asher Smith 2011

Spitzer and Bruno, the scandal-plagued former Republican Senate Majority Leader, found themselves at cross-purposes from the very beginning of Spitzer's term.

Asher Smith: Eliot Spitzer Deserves Some Credit for New York's Gay Marriage Victory Asher Smith 2011