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John,
I'm wondering if you'll entertain a hypothetical notion in regards to the "reserve component"?
What if at the point you had the "active" and "standby" stood up and were presenting to congress request for funding the "reserve", you already had a waiting pool of volunteers that had recieved on-line orientation and training provided through public diplomacy and outreach funding?
Those of us not having experienced government employment are going to have a steeper learning curve otherwise, and you don't need funding to get volunteers if they are getting educational benefit from the training provided on top of orientation.
Let's say the equivilent of an associate's degree, just for kicks because it may take folks two years worth of training to get up to speed.
Then there's the scary thought of having some rather aged interns hanging about as "graduate students" I suppose, being looked upon as "too old and slow" by all those 20-something's with a fourty year carreer in the Foreign Service ahead of them, but oh well, I'm sure they'll be greatful for the help and advice of their elders on occasion.
So there you have it in a nutshell.
If I were to add one thing to any domestic jobs and retraining bill before Congress, I'd think this might be seen as a creative use of such funding, if "earmarked".
You might just get what you ask for.
Hope you'll take the question, if you need to seek "direction" from on high, that's ok, I'm patient.
Best,
EJ
Posted on Tue Mar 02, 2010
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