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In a workforce where more and more people are becoming free agents, blurring the distinction between employer and employee, our labor laws are becoming as outdated as a Kaypro computer. America's next secretary of labor will have to reckon with the rise of Free Agent Nation -- which is why we would like to nominate Sara Horowitz, the savvy founder of Working Today, America's premier free-agent advocacy group.

Central Intelligence Agency

Ah, the Cold War. It was all so easy back then. Good guys and bad guys. Our spy versus their spy. Not anymore! The hyperlinked global economy muddles the old categories. Our next CIA director must have the Net in his blood and the world on his browser. We recommend Cyveillance Inc. cofounder, chairman, and CEO Brandy Thomas, whose "e-Business Intelligence" software serves as the eyes and ears of clients on the Web's more than 2 billion pages. We'd tell you more -- but then we'd have to kill you.

U.S. Department of Energy

Most people think about energy only when gas prices spike or when heating oil is in short supply. Amory B. Lovins has been thinking about energy throughout his entire career. Two decades ago, Lovins cofounded the Rocky Mountain Institute, an influential, entrepreneurial, and nonprofit energy think tank in Snowmass, Colorado. Since then, he has become a leading proponent of "natural capitalism" and has helped industries boost profits through renewable energy and other environment-friendly strategies. He'd be a perfect fit.

U.S. Small Business Administration

What was the last good idea that you heard come out of the SBA? Thought so. Now, what was the last good idea that you heard come out of idealab!, the Internet incubator in Pasadena, California? EToys maybe? Tickets.com? GoTo.com? CitySearch? To turn the SBA into an R&D lab for cutting-edge business, we suggest Bill Gross, idealab!'s founder, chairman, and CEO. Who knows? Maybe he'd even save Social Security by taking the SBA public.

Daniel H. Pink (dpink@fastcompany.com), a Fast Company contributing editor, has worked in a cabinet department and at the White House. The only things in his cabinet today are canned goods.