Sinkhole of bureaucracy
There’s an old mine in Pennsylvania where the U.S. processes federal retirements. By hand. On paper. In 2014.
The “system has a spectacular flaw. It still must be done entirely by hand, & almost entirely on paper.”
theatlantic: The saddest paragraph you’ll read today about the…
The saddest paragraph you’ll read today about the government shutdown.
Life After Debt: an economic report from 2000 anticipates a world where America has paid everything off.
In late 2000 the Clinton administration was preparing for their final economic report. At the time, we were in surplus and economists were projecting that *the entirety of the US Debt would be paid off by 2012.*
In reality, US Debt is by far the highest it has ever been. But back then a federal […]
The five most important beats for a local newspaper or website
Well written and well worth a read. I especially like how he proposes to restructure political coverage.Clipped from www.ojr.orgThe five most important beats for a local newspaper or website Online news start-ups must structure themselves not along traditional newsroom beat line-ups, but choose instead a new design that better connects their reporters with the community […]