G. Calvin Mackenzie is the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of Government at Colby College. He is a graduate of Bowdoin College and has a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard. Mackenzie is the author or editor of more than a dozen books on American government, including THE POLITICS OF PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS, THE HOUSE AT WORK, AMERICA'S UNELECTED GOVERNMENT, THE IN-AND-OUTERS, THE IRONY OF REFORM AND BUCKING THE DEFICIT, INNOCENT UNTIL NOMINATED and SCANDAL PROOF: CAN ETHICS LAWS MAKE GOVERNMENT ETHICAL? Mackenzie has been a consultant to Congress and to several federal departments and