Good Intentions, Bad Idea
By David Van Slyke and Alasdair Roberts letters@govexec.com
August 27, 2007
It's not easy to knock H.R. 1671 and S. 960, the House and Senate bills that would establish the U.S. Public Service Academy.
The bills have drawn bipartisan support and endorsements from two presidential candidates -- Sens. Hillary Clinton and Joseph Biden. And the proposal addresses a real problem: the shortfall in talented people interested in working for federal, state and local government. Still, it's a badly flawed concept.
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