Obama wrote Federal Bureaucrats letters about his goals

[Ichingcarpenter]

Obama Wrote Federal Staffers About His Goals

In wooing federal employee votes on the eve of the election, Barack Obama wrote a series of letters to workers that offer detailed descriptions of how he intends to add muscle to specific government programs, give new power to bureaucrats and roll back some Bush administration policies.

The letters, sent to employees at seven agencies, describe Obama's intention to scale back on contracts to private firms doing government work, to remove censorship from scientific research, and to champion tougher industry regulation to protect workers and the environment. He made it clear that the Department of Housing and Urban Development would have an enhanced role in restoring public confidence in the housing market, shaken because of the ongoing mortgage crisis.

Using more specifics than he did on the campaign trail, Obama said he would add staff to erase the backlog of Social Security disability claims. He said he would help Transportation Security Administration officers obtain the same bargaining rights and workplace protections as other federal workers. He even expressed a desire to protect the Environmental Protection Agency's library system, which the Bush administration tried to eliminate.

"I asked him to put it in writing, something I could use with my members, and he didn't flinch," said John Gage, president of the 600,000-member American Federation of Government Employees, >>>>>>>snip


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/16/AR2008111602440.html?referrer=digg

[ogneopasno]

1. Um, not necessarily bureaucrats...more like the rank and file of the AFGE.

Dupe anyway.

[liberalmuse]

2. I think that is great...

especially considering that the morale is very low among many federal employees right now. I think it is wonderful that Obama is giving them the courtesy of letting them know a little bit what to expect when he takes office.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Another bit of truly brilliant strategy--

highly targeted messaging. The wondef continues. The Obama people are the first 21st century politicians. They're setting new standards on ground nobody trod before.