Also think about automation or continuous improvement projects. They are usually a LOT of money to implement, and often require years of planning and implementation.
The EVENTUAL savings are clear, but the immediate returns are seldom obvious. Unfortunately, with most government funding, they are not ALLOWED, by law, to implement multi-year plans. Their budget cycle is yearly. And fixed (no or little growth, or in this economy, shrinkage) They are certainly not going to be able to increase their budgets in the short term to pay for improvements or automation, even to save a lot in the long term. We (the taxpayer) don't treat the government like businesses. And legislators are all temporary consultants that have no job security. Even though they should be treated more like businesses. On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: >> I don't see it so much a problem of automation as a problem of continuous >> improvement. No one in the government chain has a specific incentive to >> improve things. Business improves to keep from dying. What incentive does >> government have to improve? > > Or reduce staff. None. > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337410 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
