Who knows whether Scott Kupor read and is responding to Jen Pahlka’s open entreaty in this regard (https://www.eatingpolicy.com/p/dear-mr-kupor-please-fix-federal), but he regardless appears to be acting on the content of some, at least, of her recommendations - which echo broader advice for government reform found in her book, Recoding America, her co-authored “Radical How” report, and other writing and (on-point, I’d observe*) argumentation re: enhancing governments’ capacity and effectiveness - in the context of his role as Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, according to the content of this recent appearance on the a16z podcast: overcast.fm/+ABNwV9UT… (see most-relevant content to this part of the conversation starting ~ 28:40).

*Note that this observation should not be extrapolated as an endorsement of Mr. Kupor, his opinions and methods, nor the methods of those preceding him in the current U.S. administration’s actions on “workforce adjustment,” nor of a16z and its positions. Take this all as grist for the mill, as am I.