Arlen Specter's switch to the Democratic Party will raise questions about the Republican Party's ability to appeal to moderate voters, but Democrats should realize Specter will likely remain fairly independent in his voting, including ongoing opposition to pro-union "card check" provisions, suggests WUSTL congressional expert Steven S. Smith.
Thought leaders discuss President Barack Obama's first 100 days and government, society, and individual roles in building communities for change.
"Using the term 'the federal personnel system' is a stretch. The prime instinct of most federal agencies is that, if they can find a way to break out of the existing system, they'll do so...We must lower the procedural barriers to recruiting the best workers into federal service." -Donald F. Kettl, incoming Public Policy dean,University of Maryland.
President Obama's first 100 days have been marked by lightning-fast changes, not fully thought out, that are in the process of redefining the role of government, says Donald Kettl, incoming dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and an expert in government management. "While surely needed, they are unrolling without assessment of long-term effects."
Governments at all levels must make major changes or risk failure in the face of unprecedented challenges, says the new dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, Don Kettl. An expert in transforming government, he says the US must get "real smart, real fast." Despite the stimulus, state governments face a "fiscal time bomb."
When it comes to how we see presidents, fiction often trumps fact, says USC Marshall expert Jeff Smith.
"The allocations to research and science education in the stimulus package are answering the call so many of us have been working for," says University of Maryland president C.D. Mote, Jr., adding the support is critical to U.S. economic recovery. Mote led a delegation of higher ed. leaders acknowledging Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chair Bart Gordon's vital support.
Ironically, Barack Obama's election could turn out to have negative consequences in addressing racial injustices in the United States, according to new research.
The University of Maryland's John Frece is taking his years of "smart growth" expertise to the Obama Administration to head the U.S. EPA's Smart Growth division. "We have a tremendous opportunity at this particular moment to make major progress in smart growth "“ and it's about time," says Frece, who has been active in the field for about 15 years, most recently at UM.
Ilan Peleg, a foreign-policy scholar at Lafayette College and author of a new book on the international impact of the George W. Bush administration's foreign policy decisions, is cautiously optimistic about the possibilities for the U.S. to regain global respect and credibility.
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