Newt Gingrich In GovernmentVARGovernmentVAR's Jill Aitoro sat down with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to talk about the channel's role in modernizing government. Gingrich insists that private industry--especially the channel--not only can be, but must be, the spur to change in outmoded government practices in healthcare, education and homeland security. "It's physically impossible for contemporary bureaucracies to keep up with the world (around them)." On health care, Gingrich observes, "We should've established a national standard of interoperability for electronic health records a long time ago." but health care may be easy to change, compared to the education system. "What you have in education is a castle of unionized obsolescence surrounded by a moat of bureaucratic credentials that make it very hard to change. But the moment it does change, it will change dramatically." Posted by Joe Caponi at 10:12 AM, January 20, 2006 This is a public forum. United Business Media and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. United Business Media makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of United Business Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in United Business Media's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business. |
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