House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Representative Anthony Brown (D-MD) held a town hall meeting with local government officials and constituents rega…
964 viewsJennifer Bachner and Benjamin Ginsberg, co-authors of What Washington Gets Wrong: The Unelected Officials Who Actually Run the Government and Their Misconceptions about the American People, …
1,481 viewsNorman Ornstein and Thomas Mann talked about their book The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track, published by Oxford University Press. The talked a…
94 viewsA panel discussion was held on the origins and effects of the current economic crisis. Topics included the causes of the crisis, how long it will last, comparisons between the Great Depressi…
227 viewsDonald Kettl, author of The Next Government of the United States: Why Our Institutions Fail Us and How to Fix Them (W.W. Norton & Co.; December 1, 2008), participated in a panel discussion w…
1,341 viewsParticipants talked about the impact of public discourse on politics, the lack of civil dialogue in various forums, and leadership challenges of bringing civil problem solving to tackle the …
413 viewsThe committee examined the role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Topics included potential relocation or reorganization of the agency, the findings of an investigation into respon…
191 viewsMr. Kettl talked about his book Team Bush: Leadership Lessons from the Bush White House, published by McGraw-Hill Trade. The book examines the leadership style of the country’s first MBA pr…
63 viewsA Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee held a hearing on Reinventing Government. Senators heard testimony on issues of government inefficiency and waste, problems of management and where…
76 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…
76 viewsDonald Kettl, scholar at the Brookings Institution, discussed his book entitled Government by Proxy on the rampant mismanagement of government service contracts and the failure of the gover…
877 viewsGuests discussed the Federal Reserve and the confirmation hearing of Alan Greenspan. They answered questions from viewers.
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