John Berry's Speech at Excellence In Government

Berry just gave an extended speech on his vision for the civil service, to one of the largest audiences he's faced since taking office. Full text here and after the jump:

A New Day for the Civil Service

Thank you. It's an honor to be here today to talk about the State of the Civil Service and the way forward.

I've been on the job as the Chief People Person for the Federal Government for a few months now, and I've worked on Civil Service issues for many years before this. And I have to tell you, I've never been more excited and optimistic about the opportunity for genuine, wholesale, systemic reform in the way we recruit and motivate the Federal workforce.