Dan Mouer wrote:
>
> Rob Ferguson wrote:
> >
> > In response to Dan Mouer's comments on government archaeologists:
> >
> > I think we all have "little time" for such sweeping statements that condemn
> > people in a category of employment.  Is there any one who doesn't know an
> > academic archaeologist who has coasted for years on the lectures he/she
> > prepared in their youth?  Or a contractor who has allowed commercial
> > interests to over-ride heritage concerns?  That does not mean that all
> > people in those areas are without merit.  Likewise, there are numerous
> > archaeologists in federal, state and provincial offices in US and Canada
> > who do innovative and exciting work, and who actively promote the
> > development of archaeology within their jurisdiction.  Bashing the civil
> > service is something that should be left for simplistic journalists (oops,
> > I feel a sweeping statement creeping in).
> >
>
> Mea culpa! Right you are, Rob. I have just had too many recent
> experiences with the wrong ones. I do know a great many very good
> archaeologists in government service, however. Apologies.
>
> Dan
 
Hey Dan,
You might also remember that some federal employees did show up at the
SHA Conference a couple of years ago, despite the enforced furlough.
Jim Gibb