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- White Paper - Looking to the Future: The Challenge to Congress
- A Colloquium - Moving Forward: A Renewed Role for American Arts and Artists in the Global Age
- The Third Annual Bernard & Irene Schwartz Lecture on Congress
- The Stafford Act: Priorities for Reform
- Public Opinion Toward Legislating for the Future: An Update, 2008
- Symposium on Presidential and Public Papers
- The First Annual Bernard & Irene Schwartz Lecture on Congress
White Paper - Looking to the Future: The Challenge to Congress:
A report created by a bipartisan advisory board including The Honorable Lee H. Hamilton, currently President and Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, The Honorable Sherwood L. Boehlert, The Honorable Eva N. Clayton and The Honorable Alan K. Simpson. Project staff included Paul C. Light and G. Calvin Mackenzie.
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Washington Square News
A Colloquium - Moving Forward: A Renewed Role for American Arts and Artists in the Global Age:
Featuring Congressman Christopher Shays; John Brademas, President Emeritus, NYU; Alice Whelihan, Indemnity Director, NEA; Ford Bell, President, American Association of Museums; Alan Fern, Director Emeritus, National Portrait Gallery; and, Bill Ivey, Director, Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy at Vanderbilt University
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Recommendations to Congress Coming Soon
Colloquium Website
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The Third Annual Bernard & Irene Schwartz Lecture on Congress:
Featuring Professor Paul C. Light; Virginia Thomas, Associate Vice President, Hillsdale College; and, Rudy deLeon, Senior Vice President, The Center for American Progress
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Executive Summary
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Government Executive
The Stafford Act: Priorities for Reform
By Professor Mitchell Moss
Full Report
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Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Government Executive
Public Opinion Toward Legislating for the Future: An Update, 2008:
Conducted by Professor Paul C. Light
Full Report
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Environment & Energy Daily
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Symposium on Presidential and Public Papers:
The First Annual Bernard & Irene Schwartz Lecture on Congress:
Lecture by Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN) and Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
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Executive Summary