In the last few days a couple of articles on the public service have appeared in the paper. The first is not really news to those of in the public sector. The headline in the Globe & Mail (June 10, 2008) read “Bureaucracy aging, says top civil servant”. The article is about remarks by Kevin Lynch where he not only talked about demographics but also (more importantly) talked about increased public expectations for greater accountability by public servants.
The second article appeared in the on-line version of the Globe & Mail (June 10th as well) and was by Michael Cotey Morgan a doctoral candidate at Yale. In this article, Mr. Morgan argued that the public service should take a page out of the military handbook in terms of recruitment. In the ROTC program, the Canadian Forces pay for a person’s postsecondary education in exchange for a set number of years of service after graduation. This is an interesting idea, as it would also include summer employment with government during the participant’s time at University.
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