The author is Philip K. Howard and the subtitle is How to Revive the Spirit of America.  The book is short, to the point, in the “abundance + state capacity” genre.  Excerpt, noting I will not double indent:

“Three major changes are needed to restore the authority to achieve results: a new legal framework, a new institution that can inspire trust in ongoing decisions, and a special commission to design the details of these changes.

New legal framework defining official authority.

Here’s a sketch of what a new infrastructure decision-making framework might look like:

Separate agencies should be designated as decision-makers for each category of infrastructure.  The head of that agency should have authority to approve permits. For federal approvals, all decisions should be subject to White House oversight. For projects with national or reigonal significance, federal decisions should preempty state and local approvals. Fifty years of accumulated mandates