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Q&A with Dr. Christopher Carrigan on Regulation
To kick off the 2018 spring semester, this segment talks with Trachtenberg Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration Dr. Christopher Carrigan about his new book, Structured to Fail? Regulatory Performance under Competing Mandates (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Below, Dr. Carrigan speaks to the importance of regulation, the challenges federal agencies face when their mandates…
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GW WonkCast S2E11: American Indian Education
Join us as co-Host Katherine Lundie interviews Melissa Emrey-Arras, the Director of Education, Workforce, and Income Security at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), about the state of American Indian education from a program evaluation standpoint. The federal government runs 185 elementary and secondary schools in 23 states for American Indian children that serve over…
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The Truth about Trafficking: Myths and Realities of Modern Day Slavery in America
Elizabeth Sherwood, MPA, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives The Global Slavery Index (GSI) estimates that 45.8 million people are currently enslaved globally, with North Korea, Uzbekistan, Cambodia, and India among the greatest offenders. While many developed nations rank better on the index, human trafficking still occurs in these countries. The GSI reports that 57,000 individuals in…
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GW WonkCast S2E10: Treating Diverse Groups as Homogenous
This special episode features only a Below the Fold segment that dives deep into current policy issues that minority groups face. Moderator Jessica Blackband, co-Host Katherine Lundie, and co-Host Gabe Moss discuss their events and why it is important not to treat diverse groups as homogenous when creating policy. When groups are treated as a…
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GW WonkCast S2E9: Bridging Government and Technology
Keeping up with technology innovation isn’t just hard for consumers; it’s hard for policy makers, too. This week’s GW WonkCast features special guest GW MPP Cory Lancaster who focuses on technology policy to talk about the intersection between technology culture, policy culture, how they’re different, how they’re similar, and how technology has the power to…
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