GovExec Daily: Government Has a Recent History of Big Successes

The United States has found itself facing many challenges in the decades since the turn of the century. From terrorism to a pandemics to climate change, the federal government’s work is and has been cut out for it. Government successes, however, are often less public than its struggles. Tom Shoop writes on GovExec.com that “it’s not what government has accomplished that’s significant, but what it has prevented from happening.”

Shoop is editor at large and the former executive vice president and editor in chief at GovExec Media. He has a post on our site right now headlined “Six Big Government Success Stories of the Last Two Decades.” He joined the podcast  to discuss his post and government success stories.

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