God Save the President

12 May, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

President Obama launched the SAVE award last year. The (nothing new) principle is that US government employees suggest ideas to save money. The first winner of the award was Nancy Fichtner whose idea for reusing medical supplies is expected to save $2 million p.a.

So far President Obama has received nearly 40,000 ideas.

This is great. It proves that there is huge potential to take cost out of government activity in the US without impacting service provision; no doubt the same is true for the UK as well.

I do, however, wonder why it takes presidential intervention to make this happen.

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James Lawther

James Lawther is a middle-aged, middle manager.

To reach this highly elevated position he has worked in numerous industries, from supermarket retailing to tax collecting. He has had several operational roles, including running the night shift in a frozen pea packing factory and carrying out operational research for a credit card company.

As you can see from his C.V. he has either a wealth of experience or is incapable of holding down a job. If the latter is true this post isn’t worth a minute of your attention.

Unfortunately, the only way to find out is to read it and decide for yourself.

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