The past two years have brought waves of political change and outcry- first with the Obama Administration and second with the Tea Party’s fiscal conservatives in Congress. Both movements, while diverse in partisanship, are common in demands for responsible, professional governance. Facing a daunting national debt and declining quality of life, Americans demand a political system that serves their needs without accumulating debt.
Improving service quality and reducing costs are second nature to businesses; Fortune 500 companies and small proprietorships alike. Businesses are incentivized to produce a profit. The public sector, by contrast, has no such measurable goal or motivating incentive. A lack of proper incentives causes major performance issues. Using an innovative, unconstrained vision Uncle Sam Inc.: Serving the American Consumer compares the federal government to a business entity in order to overcome incentive issues and develop governance solutions.
This open forum will redefine how the electorate, lawmakers, and administrators interact to produce value, learning lessons from the world's most successful businesses. In doing so, we will confront 6 primary challenges:
· Define Scope
· Raise Revenue
· Minimize Costs
· Assign Single-Point Responsibility
· Solve New Challenges with Existing Organizations
· Exceed Customer Expectations
View the "challenge pages" for more information.
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