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Cheers to Telework Champion at GSA, Bill Kelly, for serving as an example for the rest of government and for helping GSA achieve, this month, a major milestone: 30% of all eligible employees teleworking, which puts GSA well on its way to achieving its goal of 50% by 2010. There were many times when the outlook was not great for a robust Telework strategy, with much reason for pessimism, many roadblocks and resistance. But, even when many were openly skeptical and even ridiculed the BHAG (Big, Hairy Audacious Goal), Bill persevered.
Cheers to US State Department for launching a practical Web 2.0 application, the Diplopedia, moving from a “need to know” to a “need to share” culture and for utilizing trainers to ensure that State department employees could learn how to take advantage of this collaborative knowledge for the good of our nation. (NY Times, “An Internal Wiki That’s Not Classified” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/business/media/04link.html
Political Appointee Flight: As our nation’s best athletes prepare to compete in the Olympics (and a special shout out to swimmer, Kate Ziegler, from my town of Great Falls in Virginia) it is ironic that we are simultaneously seeing many political appointees in key positions of responsibility at OFPP, OPM, OMB, etc. deciding voluntarily to leave their positions months before President Bush leaves office. We would all be aghast if one of our Olympians decided to quit on the last lap of the race. We expect to see out best people run the entire race, finish strong, and we cheer hardest for those Olympians that dig down deep to find a little more, a burst of energy at the very end, and kick all the way to the finish line. Too bad so many political appointees are, instead, simply giving up and calling it quits. As any athlete knows, the last lap is often the most crucial, and when we need a tough competitor able to finish strong, instead we see key political appointees simply quitting the race. What a pity.
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