I have watched Al Gore's interviews with Jon Stewart and Keith Olbermann this past week and it brought back memories of the high point of my long and checkered Federal carrer.I was the Forest Service's member of Vice Preident Gore's Reinventing Government Team. Two points were stressed that had been stressed in Reinventing Government they were transparency in government and peoples direct participation in the process of government.We were not doing this in a partisan manner but were taking new approaches that invoved nonprofits, local governments and anyone who was interested and was willing to share ideas, strenghts, experiences and hope. My main effort was helping set up Reinventing Labs that involved local entities plus other Federal agencies.It worked so well ,now that I'm retired, I still am active in a number of efforts I had worked with.