Chief Performance Officer

Watching the news this morning I watched the press conference during which President Elect Obama announced a new position called the Chief Performance Officer. Her job is to look at government programs and assess which ones have outlived their usefulness and also to look for and remedy inefficiencies often associated with government work. I must say I like the idea in its concept and think such a position is needed. We'll see how and if it actually works? I like to be hopeful about the idea. In fact, I like to be hopeful about all the things the new administration promises that seem good. I mean, what choice do we have other than to be informed and hopeful since the elections are over? So we'll see how it turns out.