Zoo Director to Head Office of Personnel Management

Washington Post ^ | March 3, 2009 | By Ed O'Keefe

[11th_VA]

President Obama has announced his intention to nominate John Berry to serve as the next director of the Office of Personnel Management. A veteran of the Treasury and Interior departments and current director of the National Zoo, Berry also once served as legislative assistant to Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.).

"From turning around the National Zoo to fostering a more productive work environment at the Department of the Interior, John Berry has a tremendous record of effective management in key public service roles," Obama said in a statement. "I'm confident that he will provide that same leadership at OPM to help ensure that government works for the American people the way it should."

The OPM director basically serves as the human resources manager for the federal government's more than 2 million federal employees. Among many other tasks, the director decides when to close federal government offices in Washington, D.C., due to inclement weather.

[11th_VA]

LOL !!! You can't make this stuff up ...

[G8 Diplomat]

I guess experience working in a zoo would be beneficial for serving in the 0bama administration

[AmericanGirlRising]

Wonder if this will be discussed as much as the horse-loving guy who ran FEMA?

(question rhetorical)

[FlingWingFlyer]

YOU STOLE MY THOUGHTS! LOL! First thing that came to my mind was that he’d already be accustomed to working with chimps.

[Patrick1]

We may want to wait to see if he paid his taxes.

[flying Elvis]

I think a director of an asylum would be more qualified to manage federal employees.

[BamaDi]

Thank you, thank you, thank you that I retired from Federal service 4 years ago....I can’t stand the idea of having to work for these idiots....

[TFMcGuire]

Ha ha.

The democrat rank and file is like the bar scene from Star Wars. Tehir managers are zoo directors.

How fitting!

[Frank_2001]

The National Zoo- Isn’t that the huge domed building at the top of Capitol Hill?;)

[Be_Politically_Erect]

Too easy...fish in a barrel.

[EGPWS]

"From turning around the National Zoo to fostering a more productive work environment at the Department of the Interior,...

Impressive,VERY impressive.

A zoo like atmosphere could be considered an improvement anymore these day's.

[HokieMom]

Be a FONZ

[ClearCase_guy]

I believe the head of the Navy used to be a museum director. It's like Obama is trying to make a mockery of government. There's no logic to it -- he's just showing us he can do whatever he wants, and daring us to do something about it.

See my tagline.

[digger48]

WEll, we DID just have about a thousand monkeys hammering away at a thousand keyboards and they came up with a thou$and page$ of ab$olute CRAP that the Commander in Chimp $igned into law!

[GAB-1955]

“Zoo Director to Head Office of Personnel Management”

The jokes write themselves.

[Lorianne]

Perfect!

[Lorianne]

Perfect!

[ken21]

if one has no job,

i wonder why people aren’t waking up?

comrade obama has done nothing that will create jobs.

[anniegetyourgun]

Take note: This guy is a white male - replacing an extremely capable and right-thinking conservative who ran the office for Bush. Clearly, this is about ideology, not competence....or even race.

[freekitty]

Now why would he hire someone like this?