We Are Not the Enemy: Restoring Honor to U.S. Civil Service

This book is meant for those who want to get rid of the federal government. It was also written for those who want to become better informed about what federal agencies and their employees do and why they do it. This book will help you better understand the president’s and Congress’ roles and responsibilities in ensuring a smooth and efficiently run government. It will enable you to grasp the scope of each U.S. citizen’s basic civic duty, which is to be informed and engaged in the conduct of our democracy. Most important, this book will help us all understand why a civil service career is a worthy and rewarding calling.

Deborah Johnson had more than twenty years of experience with freight, international, and maritime-related data and analysis. She served as acting deputy director, assistant director for transportation analysis, and senior transportation specialist of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation Mark Wallace began his federal career at the U.S. Census Bureau in 1976 and worked on economic censuses and current surveys until he retired in 2012. As a member of the Senior Executive Service for more than a decade, he was a well-known and respected international expert in the collection and dissemination of service sector statistics.