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jgastil

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Member since : May-27-2009 (Verified)
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Voted On Idea : Area 51 9 months ago

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jgastil 9 months ago
The legal questions here are above my pay grade, but I'm sure a lot of good could be done here at little cost. And surely there'd be an easy bipartisan vote at the end of the road, should these changes require legislation.
jgastil 9 months ago
Absolutely--we're in a competitive, status-driven culture, and like it or not, it gets some pretty good results sometimes. Rewarding innovation in government is essential b/c there aren't the same market signals (profit, loss) to guide us toward replicating the best practices (and discarding the worst).
jgastil 9 months ago
I like the emphasis on integration; there are too many separate, disconnected projects in participation dotting the landscape. There could be great efficiencies--and better programs on average--if we integrated many of these offices and projects.
jgastil 9 months ago
I think we're at the point where this really is do-able. The key to this proposal is the links between small and large scales, and there have been good experiments in doing this with online, teleconferenced, and even face-to-face groups. One million people is not beyond reach. Good proposal.
jgastil 9 months ago
One could come up with any number of lists of core principles (and I've seen plenty), but these strike me as quite reasonable and relatively comprehensive. I recognize that they came out of discussions of many people, so it's no surprise that they resonate with the best principles and practices in public deliberation and dialogue. Good job.