Civil Service

Turning around the Federal battleship

Craig Newmark | Posted 11.19.2009 | Technology

Read More: Civil Service, Egovernment, Government 2.0, Technology News
Craig Newmark

You've heard how government rank and file workers are working together, throughout the US and with citizens, to provide increasingly better public se...

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Here Comes Gov 2.0 -- and a New Generation of Federal Workers

Craig Newmark | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Civil Service, Government, Social Media, It, Barack Obama, Veterans Administration, State Department, Government 2.0, Pragmatism, Service, Washington, Libertarianism, President, Technology News
Craig Newmark

This is Gov 2.0. Not what you're expecting from federal civil servants, who have been seriously empowered to do their job, and told their jobs really matter -- something they haven't heard for years.

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The "Yes We Can" Multiplier

William Fisher | Posted 01.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Service, Obama Transition, Political Appointees, Civil Servants, Obama Administration, Politics News
William Fisher

There are probably few groups as savagely maligned as career public servants, but they are the folks - the only folks -- who know how to turn good policy into good programs that actually work.

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Why Bush's Burrowing Appointees Are Bad, Despite What Slate Says

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 01.06.2009 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Civil Service, Slate Magazine, Bush, Appointees, Bush Administration Burrowing, Media News
Joshuah Bearman

Slate's theory of patronage is overwhelmed by its own example. You can't make a case against the crusty civil service and not worry about the layer of crust Bush is leaving behind.

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It Ain't Over Mukasey

Paul C. Light | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justice Department Hiring Scandal, Civil Service, Mukasey, Scandal, Justice Department, Politics News
Paul C. Light

Mukasey declared the Justice Department hiring scandal closed yesterday. There was no criminal harm, he told the American Bar Association, therefore no foul. He is absolutely wrong.

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