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CHEERS to the SBA for agreeing to review the HUBZone Program: Taking a fresh look at this program is a perfect example of applying Drucker’s ideas to get results and constantly improve.
http://twincities.bizjournals.com/extraedge/washingtonbureau/
archive/2008/07/28/bureau1.html?market=twincities
Cheers to Senator Tom Coburn for his recent, lonely, courageous fight. There was a big story in the Washington Post yesterday, and Senator Coburn is quoted as saying:
"If we pass a new program, we either ought to get rid of the old program or we ought to make it to where it blends with this other one so it's effective,"
"Almost everything that they've (I think he means Congress) has offered has a duplicate program out there that they're not either eliminating or changing."
Apparently, Senator Coburn has turned his office into a legislative accountability unit. Sunsetting Programs, the way that Senator Coburn wants to do, is EXACTLY what Drucker was talking about. So, an extra special shout out to Senator Coburn: Keep up the Good Work!”
JEERS to the Sierra Club for deciding to forego LEED standards in its new home in Washington, DC. The Sierra Club does great work in advocating for a better environment so when they decided to ignore the new higher “green” standards for buildings it sets a terrible example. Leaders have to walk the walk. At a minimum, Sierra Club should be suggesting improvements and revisions to the LEED standards that they could support.
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/07/28/story7.html?ana=from_rss
and, running a very close second:
Jeers to Congressman Waxman’s request to dismiss the GSA MAS Advisory Panel. Congressman Waxman does not have a deep understanding of the federal procurement system and has no real experience in business but has combined those two liabilities to suggest that the Government should not review a 20 year old business practice. If we do not have the courage or the sense to review our programs to see how they are working, we will never improve, and Congressman Waxman would, seemingly, like to chill innovation and improvements by sticking with the same, stale, and potentially out of date processes.
http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2008/07/waxman_raps_gsa_advisory_panel.php
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