norm eisen, thank you very much for joining us. [applause] >> thanks everyone.is a pleasure to be ere. think my job description is the representative of the first ever to break down the silos. miles was talking bout. of course, thiis the first white house to have a special counsel who wos on th government ethics and reform issues and has been, i think, a useful perspective to tie those together, and the wayin which the different issues that we are so pleased, you are addressing today, inform each other. i would like to talk today a little bit aboutthe administration's efforts to make our democracy work better. the president, of course, was very eloquent on the campaign trail in constructing his commitment to the aerican people to chge washington. the notion that our democracy is a living and vital enty that, in every eneration, needs to change and grow and adapt in order to meet the challenges that that generation presents. and so that themes of change, which apies across the board is a critical one in the area of, in the areas in whici spent my day, gornment et