The award recognizes outstanding research by students in public administration or public policy programs
A student team that studied a key national issue – how to improve a federal law governing activities that “foreign agents” must publicly disclose – has been honored with a prestigious James W. McGrew Research Award.
The McGrew awards are given annually by the American Society for Public Administration’s CenTex chapter, which recognizes outstanding research by students in public administration or public policy programs. This year, a team of nine students from The Bush School of Government and Public Service was among those chosen; the students, as part of a capstone class, in which they apply skills they developed in an academic setting to real-life situations, analyzed more than two decades of Foreign Agents Registration Act filings. Their report offers a series of policy recommendations aimed at increasing transparency and accountability.
The students developed “Data, Disclosure, and Discrepancies: An Analysis of FARA Reporting and Reform” over a year. They compiled the information in partnership with the Congressional Research Office. Lori Taylor, head of the Bush School’s Department of Public Service and Administration, advised the team.
“Our team is honored to receive this recognition from ASPA CenTex,” team member Taylor Mitchell said. “We’re incredibly proud of the depth and impact of our research, and grateful to the Congressional Research Office for the opportunity to contribute to a critical public policy discussion.”
The other team members were Ashlyn Anderson, Mollie Blahuta, Allie Cerling, Matthew B. Francis Jr., Julia Jachimowicz, Andrew Martin, Payel Nasrin and Allison Orr.
