It's a privilege to be here with a group I so greatly admire and whose members are so vital to carrying out President Clinton's vision of a reinvented government that works better and costs less. It is a particular pleasure to be here the first time that a meeting of the National Partnership Council has been held in connection with the national conference of the Federal Managers Association. Quite frankly, nothing could be more appropriate. The Clinton Administration is carrying out a historic reinvention of government.
Partnership is basic to that reinvention.
And the active support of the government's managers and supervisors is essential to the success of both partnership and of reinvention. Your president, Mike Styles, represents the FMA on the National Partnership Council, and he has brought vision and dedication to that task. They are the glue that holds together the most skilled and productive workforce in the world. What we're trying to do now is make our federal workforce even better, even greater. The pride exuded by all parties, both labor and management, as they describe the tremendous cost savings and efficiencies brought about by their partnership is incredible.