President Wilson’s cabinet, 1916. Library of Congress.
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Workshop on Appointees – May 4-5th
May 2, 2012This Thursday and Friday!
Appointee Politics and the Implications for Government Effectiveness
Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs
and
The Center for Public Administration and Policy and the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech
Dates: May 4 and 5, 2012
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Conveners:
Matthew Dull and Patrick Roberts, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Center for Public Administration and Policy, School of Public and International
Affairs
William Resh, Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Registration: Andina Nagler, Virginia Tech (anagler@vt.edu)
Local Host: Patrick Roberts, Virginia Tech, (robertsp@vt.edu), 202-549-4987
Overview:
The workshop will engage scholars and government officials in empirical and theoretical questions about the role of Senate-confirmed appointees in American government. The workshop aims to build a community of scholars working on appointees, and it aims to connect scholars and government officials concerned about reforms to the appointment process. We hope this will be the first in a series of events.
Here’s the Workshop Agenda.
Who’s Running the Country?
January 14, 2012A friend says the headline for this article in the VT Research Magazine about our ongoing study Senate-confirmed political appointees suggests perhaps I’m running the country. Not so, but I appreciate the great article and the photo (which makes me look studious). Previous posts about the appointees project here and here . Here’s an article with an overview of the dataset we’ve developed.
Dr. Frances Kelsey
June 5, 2011
“President John F. Kennedy presents the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service to Dr. Frances Kelsey in August, 1962, for her role in protecting the public health and averting catastrophic birth defects across the U.S. by refusing to approve the drug thalidomide.” US FDA History.
USAID and AED
April 1, 2011Fascinating article in Slate about the demise of U.S. Agency for International Development contractor AED – a glimpse of the untidy details.
Ladies of the White House secretariat
January 22, 2011
From the Library of Congress: February 19, 1938. Harris & Ewing, photographer. Read the rest of this entry ?
