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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
“A National System of Income Supplementation”
Richard America’s analysis of the crippling legacy of racial discrimination in the United States was underscored by a study released last summer. In the wake of a spate of riots in urban America in the 1960s, a federal View Details
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
feel and be much compelled to shore up the core strengths of government. Our federal government must deliver with competence and strong coordination on all of its basic functions, especially these days. It... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Oct 2012
- News
Green Pioneer
School, and the Harvard University Center on the Environment, making important contributions. In April, after four years of research, the Program released “Envision,” a rating system for major government infrastructure projects that helps... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
identify a “win-win” path forward. Federal Policy Professor Porter has met with members of Congress on numerous occasions to press the case for improving US competitiveness via policy. The project’s congressional advocates now include... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
by the Department of Defense. In his chapter on the history of the Internet, Shane Greenstein examines the role of the federal government and the iterative process that DARPA engaged in to develop what would... View Details
- 26 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More
Cavallo suggests that American companies—and more recently, consumers—are bearing the brunt of the trade war with China, whose government has been retaliating with its own import tax increases. US exporters, particularly farmers selling... View Details
- 13 Jul 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
programs at 12 centers across the country, creating more than 3,000 entrepreneurs and 12,000 jobs. “Our goal has been to leverage the program through government organizations, given their vast resources and existing infrastructure to... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Working on the Local Level
highest income taxes in the country. It's a particular challenge when we try to get either companies or professionals to locate in Maine. “It's an exciting time to be working in a state. I think the federal View Details
- 04 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
the previous summer, and learned that yes, this was a real internship. But more importantly, I learned that this internship was very structured, provided high-impact work, gave a lot of insight into the federal government, and qualified... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
high-level government jobs. "This was the first time that any presidential administration had done anything specific with respect to women, and I was excited to be a part of it," Franklin recalls. She saw firsthand that women were "vastly... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
energy or saving the planet. If the federal government had said this will be our equivalent of putting a man on the moon, which energized the economy and the country under John F. Kennedy, we could be the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Clubs: Capital Improvements
committee stacked with former cabinet secretaries, ambassadors, and other Washington notables—would be a much larger affair, one with the goal of raising the profile of the DC business community, often overshadowed by the federal... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
neighborhoods that have felt desolate since the pandemic. Meanwhile, the federal government has announced its own incentives, with billions of dollars in below-market loans and grants as well as technical... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?
freedom of individual choice should always trump government intervention but, perhaps more so than in other developed countries, this sentiment enjoys widespread support in America. The government should not... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
When Reputation Trumps Regulation
the most serious governance cases filed in U.S. courts by private shareholders against foreign cross-listed firms. Second, even if the SEC had the resources required to fully investigate the potentially false disclosures and statements by... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
by federal law, in order to receive government reimbursements. “As a provider with limited resources and tremendous pressure to decrease cost, we can only focus on so many initiatives at once,” notes Kevin... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Pricing Paradise
Clinton as assistant secretary and CFO of the Department of Commerce, Bilmes’s attention shifted to government spending. “The government is good at making promises, but poor at valuing what those promises... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 21 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message
chose to avoid a scholastic examination of these mind-numbingly complex maneuvers and Enron's observance of equally complex Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and SEC rules. Following the lead of federal prosecutors, the jury... View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
first time a wide range of top industry CEOs, government leaders, and customers of transportation services, was designed to help provide that purpose by assessing the state of the industry, identifying innovations both in technology and... View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
Breaking barriers for women
As US Secretary of Commerce in the Nixon Administration, Barbara Hackman Franklin (MBA 1964) led a highly successful effort to advance women in the federal government. (Published January 2015) View Details