Will it be as good as Energy Star?
…this week the Government Accountability Office reported on its test of the EPA’s testing.
GAO obtained Energy Star certifications for 15 bogus products, including a gas-powered alarm clock.
Even worse: The GAO attached a feather duster to a space heater, sent the photo to the EPA, and got approval in just 11 days.
Now that’s government service!
I can’t wait. Will they tell me to take the blue pill?
I thought government employees weren’t allowed to have a sense of humour? Clearly that’s not the case in the GAO, otherwise they never would have gotten away with creating and taking a picture of their bogus “air cleaner”. 🙂
<framed debate>I challenge anyone to give an example of genuine government in action. And NO, you can’t use an actual example of government waste as an example.</framed debate>
Offhand, I think air traffic controllers do a pretty good job. They’re among the very few government employees who do actually work hard and professionally. As for the rest, you can’t call them “government workers” because that’s an oxymoron on the magnitude of “civil war.”
Karl, is that like that perfect communism that “nobody’s tried” because the New Soviet Man has yet to be eugenically created?
Karl, when government actions ‘fail’, don’t they just re-define the goals and call it a success anyway?
Larry J, not sure I agree with you. ATCs – sure. How about accident investigators for example? And of course military people of any sort are government employees.
I think any government job that does not include administration can be classed more effectively as professional by the actions and work of those people in those positions. that’s not saying all admin types in government positions are not working…I’ve known a few ATC guys that tended to coast as much as possible too.
I think a lot of it depends on whether there are standards of conduct and for promotion. I spent quite a few years in the military. There are some good people there but there’s a fair amount of deadwood, too. At least in the military, if you fail to get promoted, you can only serve to your high year of tenure. You either earn promotion or you have to leave. This is far from the case with most of the civil service force. If it’s almost impossible to get rid of someone for whatever reason (especially for failure to perform), you’ll have a lot of deadwood.