It's a good thing turnover is low at the federal Economic Development Administration, so there are people around who remember how to use things like fax machines, the Yellow Pages, and note pads now that the agency's been without Internet access for 80 days.
Glass offices are sleek, modern and are an efficient way of work life in the 68 percent of U.S. offices with an "open plan" design, but as the Wall Street Journal points out today--they are panopticons for intra-office dramas.
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