Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the 6th Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the President of the American Action Forum, will speak to the Bush School of Government and Public Service about the economic outlook for 2021. The event is an installment of the Conversations in Public Policy series hosted by the Mosbacher Institute.
Bush School News
Thank You for Your Service – Veterans Day 2020
Happy Veterans Day! At its core, today is about service. All of you are remarkable examples of that! Many of you wore our nation’s cloth, and this day specifically celebrates you.
ISTPP Director Vedlitz and Research Fellows Publish Article on Infrastructure Management Systems in Hazard Risk Mitigation
Director of ISTPP, Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, and ISTPP Research Fellows, Dr. Berke, Dr. Hannibal, Dr. Mostafavi, and Dr. Woodruff, have recently been published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. In their article, “Institutional Congruence for Resilience Management in Interdependent Infrastructure Systems,” the authors evaluate the congruence of, or agreement across, institutional coordination, planning, […]
Bush School Graduate Credits EMPSA Experience in Broadening Public Service Career
Matthew Miller began working on his Executive Master of Public Service & Administration (EMPSA) degree as a member of the charter class in summer 2016 when the program began. It was not his first time as a student of the Bush School of Government & Public Service.
Frank Ashley Receives Educator Hall of Fame Award
Dean Mark Welsh has announced that Dr. Frank Ashley has been selected as one of four outstanding educators to be inducted into the University of Alabama’s College of Education Hall of Fame in 2021.
6th Annual Texas Women, Peace, and Security Symposium
The Texas A&M Bush School of Government and Public Service will host the 6th Annual Texas Women, Peace, and Security Symposium on Friday, November 20, 2020, from 8:30 AM to 1 PM.
Dr. Liu Publishes an Article in Environmental Science and Policy
ISTPP Research Scientist Xinsheng Liu has published the research article “Social Capital, Carbon Dependency, and Public Response to Climate Change in 22 European Countries” in Environmental Science and Policy. In this article, Dr. Liu and his coauthors, Drs. Feng Hao and Jay L. Michaels, theoretically and empirically examine the impacts of personal social capital and […]
CGS Faculty Affiliate Publishes Article in Foreign Affairs
Dr. Mohammad Tabaar, Associate Professor in the Department of International Affairs at the Bush School and CGS faculty affiliate, recently published the article “No Matter Who Is U.S. President, Iran Will Drive a Harder Bargain Than Before: Washington Doesn’t Have the Leverage It Imagines” in Foreign Affairs. Tabaar notes that despite escalations on both sides since the […]
What’s Next…If There Is No Declared Winner Election Night?
Join us on Monday, November 2, 2020, at 4 p.m. for a panel discussion about the electoral process regarding this election. Bush School experts will discuss what happens next if election night does not yield a clear winner of the 2020 presidential race.
Patchwork Ownership and Regulation Leads to Drilling Differences in the Oil Field
Evaluating the effects of federal versus state and private policies is challenging because the land that remains in federal ownership tends to be more remote, rugged, and arid—making drilling more costly.
