Vivek Kundra On US Government Inefficiency 306
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from the manila-folders dept.
parkland writes "Federal CIO Vivek Kundra described some dismaying government inefficiencies in a speech on Thursday at the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs in Seattle. It takes 160 days to process benefits for veterans, he said, 'because the Veteran's Administration is processing paperwork by passing manila folders from one desk to another.' Another example bound to make you grind your teeth is why it takes the Patent and Trademark Office 3 years to process a patent. 'One reason,' says Kundra, 'is because the USPTO receives these applications online, prints them out, and then someone manually rekeys the information into an antiquated system.'"
Got ebcdic? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Healthcare (Score:3, Funny)
Thus the old libertarian joke... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Better reason is that Govt Jobs are a job progr (Score:3, Funny)
I am a government worker.
I never liked the term government worker it implies they actually do something.