Vivek Kundra On US Government Inefficiency

parkland writes "Federal CIO Vivek Kundra described some dismaying government inefficiencies in a speech on Thursday at the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs in Seattle. It takes 160 days to process benefits for veterans, he said, 'because the Veteran's Administration is processing paperwork by passing manila folders from one desk to another.' Another example bound to make you grind your teeth is why it takes the Patent and Trademark Office 3 years to process a patent. 'One reason,' says Kundra, 'is because the USPTO receives these applications online, prints them out, and then someone manually rekeys the information into an antiquated system.'"

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Got ebcdic?

[voodoo cheesecake]

'One reason,' says Kundra, 'is because the USPTO receives these applications online, prints them out, and then someone manually rekeys the information into an antiquated system.'" I wonder if they're using EBCDIC

Re:Healthcare

[horatio]

There are only a few of us thinking that, including myself. The rest are now thinking we're trolls for bringing it up.

Thus the old libertarian joke...

[engineer_uhg]

"It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for!"

Re:Better reason is that Govt Jobs are a job progr

[jimbolauski]

I am a government worker.

I never liked the term government worker it implies they actually do something.