If you're particularly eager for the 2006 campaign for governor to begin, there's no need to wait.

The outlines of at least one important part of that campaign are already available in a crisply edited pamphlet entitled "The Lingle-Aiona Administration, Celebrating the 1,000th Day of the Administration."

It's a brag book, as some call them, no question. The emphasis is on the everyday men and women who make government work and who are behind almost every success (and, not mentioned, obviously) every failure of government.

In fact, the booklet is not supposed to be about the administration in a political sense at all. Rather, it is part of an "employee recognition program" sponsored by the Department of Human Resources Development.

So every accomplishment, every stride forward, is accompanied by a name and personality.

Starting at the beginning, for instance, did you know that Corinna Wong, securities commissioner for the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, has worked hard to cut fees for business registration and other paperwork, saving companies more than $10 million in red tape?

Or, going toward the end of the booklet, did you know that Karen Kaneko and Jacqueline Choy, also of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, organized a bake sale to buy and send 26 boxes of food and supplies to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Lest you think the commerce department is a hotbed of good deeds and good ideas, almost every department and agency is represented.

These good folks, as Lingle and Lt. Gov. James Aiona said in an introduction, have "created opportunities for progress and blazed new trails for the future."

They have also, no doubt, contributed to the list of accomplishments that the Lingle-Aiona team will bring before the public in the next campaign for governor.

And why not?

It is simplistic to think that government works solely on the backs of the governor, lieutenant governor and Cabinet members.

Most of the real work gets accomplished in the trenches. And realistic bureaucrats and civil servants understand that it is the folks at the top who will ultimately take the credit.

Not that the publication is ungenerous in sharing the spotlight. Unsung heroes ("shining stars" is the phrase used) are the theme here, and there are many.

But make no mistake. This little publication ultimately is about celebrating the 1,000th day of the "Lingle-Aiona" administration.

Drop by a coffee hour during the upcoming campaign and you might be able to snag a copy for yourself.

Meanwhile, the Democrats are no doubt preparing documents of their own that indicate how Lingle and the thousands who work for the state have booted it over the past couple of years.

That's just politics. So take the brag book, and the complaints from the other side, with a grain of salt.

Political administrations come and go. The vast percentage of hard-working state employees simply go on and on.

Reach Jerry Burris at jburris@honoluluadvertiser.com.