To Say That the Federal Bureaucracy Has Grown "Thicker" Is

To say that the federal bureaucracy has grown "thicker" is to say that it has

A) increased its rules and red tape.
B) increased its duplication of offices and agencies.
C) increased the number of midlevel managers.
D) become more confusing and less effective.
E) taken a wider policy agenda while, at the same time, reducing the workforce.