YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK — and working well. I sent my passport off for renewal on Thursday, and got it back today. Nice work!

UPDATE: More praise for the State Department here. And reader Steve Schonebaum reports a similar experience: “Speaking of passports, mine came within 2 weeks of submitting the forms. Impressive. (I didn’t just get a renewal – mine had expired.)”

It’s always nice when people get this stuff right.