Laughs Via GovLoop

For those of you who aren't familiar with it, GovLoop is a social networking group for government. There's a lot going on there--blog posts, many discussion and interest-based groups, and of course, profiles, though they tend to be more professional and less Facebook-y. One thing I've enjoyed about GovLoop is the chance to get even more feedback on these blog posts.

While as my story yesterday makes pretty clear, John Berry will bring an interesting resume to the Office of Personnel Management, it's going to be inevitable that people will make "from one zoo to another" jokes about his transition from the National Zoo to OPM. And if there are going to be jokes, there might as well be good ones. So when Sandy Ressler posted this list, I asked him if I could reproduce it here, and he graciously said yes. So from Sandy:

Top Ten Reasons a Guy from the Zoo should Run OPM

10. All us Feds have been viewed as animals for a long time anyway.

9. He can rename executive departments by genus names: Dept. of Reptiles, Dept. of Fish, Dept of Mammals etc.

8. Wild screaming down the hallways will simply be an invitation to lunch.

7. Official time after lunch for "grooming".

6. Promotion via real scratching and clawing.

5. Instead of "staff meetings" they will now be called "cattle calls".

4. Performance plans will really be signed in blood.

3. Performance measures will be based on obligatory distance spitting.

2. Bonuses will now be made with bananas.

1. Ya know that 500 lbs gorilla in the room? That's really your boss.