Standard for government: ‘Let us be clear’
“President Obama recently held a White House Forum on Modernizing Government with more than 50 corporate executives to discuss how the federal government can make better use of cutting-edge technologies. As the president explained, it is unconscionable that “there are still places in the federal government where reams of yellow files in manila envelopes are walked from desk to desk.” He set many of the right goals: making more information available to the public, ensuring that documents are online as well as in print, and making greater use of social media.”
To read the full op-ed piece by Alan Siegel please visit FederalTimes.com.
February 15th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
I agree. I have 9 years of government work behind me, and I still think must of the work I’ve done is on someone’s desk waiting to be archived. Red tape or yellow files are a staple in the government arena, but with the attractiveness of the government jobs today, young people have taken an interest. Most of them have never seen a type writer before, yet alone walk it a yellow filer with files in it. Thumb drives are the new yellow folders, alone with PDA’s and laptops for typewriter.
It wont be long… the Gen-Xr’s will be pushing the new way of the corporate world.
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:29 am
Thanks so much for your affirmation. I am focusing on clarity in government this year and will be posting more about it here.
– Alan Siegel