Government interface: EEs inside Congress: A close look at the much-maligned U.S. legislative process by five EEs who tried the ‘System,’ liked it, but found it needs IEEE

“I think I shared the feeling of most citizens that the pace in Congress is slow, that a Congressman´s job is not very demanding, and that the norm in Washington is lots of receptions, lots of vacations, and more than adequate pay.” The speaker is Diane Wyble — 25 years old, an electrical engineer, an IEEE member, and an employee on leave from the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. In an interview with Spectrum, Ms. Wyble frankly recalled her disenchantment with Capitol Hill prior to her arrival there, in January of this year, as an IEEE Congressional Fellow.