by jpitney | Aug 16, 2020 | Civil Rights, Constitution, Deliberation
General James Mattis: America is not some finished work or failed project but an ongoing experiment. And it is an experiment that, by design, will never end. If parts of the machine are broken, then the responsibility of citizens is to fix the machine—not throw it...
by jpitney | Aug 15, 2020 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Oversight
Jim Townsend and Elise Bean at LegBranch.org: The Lincoln Network, R Street Institute, and others have laid out a number of proposals to address Congress’ pressing staff problems. These recommendations include increasing Legislative Branch appropriations, improving...
by jpitney | Aug 14, 2020 | Bureaucracy, Public Opinion
Last year, Lydia Saad reported at Gallup: Americans are maintaining a mostly positive view of the job each of eight different high-profile federal departments and agencies is doing, out of 13 such entities measured in a new Gallup poll. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS)...
by jpitney | Aug 13, 2020 | Higher Education, Veterans
Barrett Y. Bogue and Dr. Andrew Morse at the Center for a New American Security: Using a semi-structured qualitative interview design of currently serving higher education leaders and practitioners with prior military service, this paper identifies the reasons why...
by jpitney | Aug 12, 2020 | Congress, House of Representatives
From Legbranch.org: Adopting Standardized Formats for Legislative Documents Assignment of Unique Identifiers for Reports Filed by Registered Lobbyists Comparative Print Project Feasibility of Establishing a Congressional Staff Academy Needs Assessment House Office of...
