As a Stanford alum and retired senior executive at Bechtel, the global engineering and construction firm and major US government contractor, I have been viewing the DOGE activities as what we in infrastructure construction call “site prep.” Accordingly your objective to rebuild after DOGE resonates. THAT’s the approach to take to the current times, make plans for the future; stop exclaiming about outrages, etc.
While I've never worked in government, like everyone I was aware of government's reputation for inefficiency. But reading these two stories this year by Jennifer Pahlka and Tracing Woodgrains genuinely shocked me in terms of just how deep the dysfunction can run:
So as skeptical as I have been of DOGE, I have also been worried about being too critical lest it give me the impression that the status quo was acceptable.
So I've very glad that you will soon be presenting an alternative approach to reform that can provide a constructive alternative to DOGE's destructiveness.
I've hoped you (or someone) would come up with proposals for genuine government and political reform. I look forward to seeing what you've come up with.
Do you mean 2024 election (not 2020)?
As a Stanford alum and retired senior executive at Bechtel, the global engineering and construction firm and major US government contractor, I have been viewing the DOGE activities as what we in infrastructure construction call “site prep.” Accordingly your objective to rebuild after DOGE resonates. THAT’s the approach to take to the current times, make plans for the future; stop exclaiming about outrages, etc.
So glad you are doing this.
Very excited to hear about this.
While I've never worked in government, like everyone I was aware of government's reputation for inefficiency. But reading these two stories this year by Jennifer Pahlka and Tracing Woodgrains genuinely shocked me in terms of just how deep the dysfunction can run:
https://www.eatingpolicy.com/p/dear-mr-kupor-please-fix-federal
https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-full-story-of-the-faas-hiring
So as skeptical as I have been of DOGE, I have also been worried about being too critical lest it give me the impression that the status quo was acceptable.
So I've very glad that you will soon be presenting an alternative approach to reform that can provide a constructive alternative to DOGE's destructiveness.
I've hoped you (or someone) would come up with proposals for genuine government and political reform. I look forward to seeing what you've come up with.
I taught courses and did research on
implementation policy for 20 years at the Sanford school. I’d love to help with this project